Modeling, analysis, and evaluation of a carbon tax policy based on the emission factor

被引：26

作者：

Almutairi, Hossa ^{[1
]}

Elhedhli, Samir ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Management Sci, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada

来源：

COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING | 2014年 / 77卷

关键词：

Emission factor; Carbon tax; Social welfare; INTENSITY TARGETS; CLIMATE; COMPETITIVENESS; UNCERTAINTY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cie.2014.09.003

中图分类号：

TP39 [计算机的应用];

学科分类号：

081203 ; 0835 ;

摘要：

This paper studies a tax policy based on the emission factor, which is used as an intensity measure. Specifically, the paper models a situation where policy makers set a limit on the production emission factor of a regulated industry and require firms to pay tax if they exceed that target. The efficiency of the policy is evaluated against other existing environmental policies using a social welfare mathematical programming model. A case study is built within the context of the cement industry and is used to carry out the analysis. The results show that the intensity-based carbon tax achieves the highest consumers' surplus and production quantities and the lowest prices. The policy is found to be effective in reducing CO2 emissions with little impact on social welfare. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：88 / 102

页数：15

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