Expecting the Unexpected: Macroeconomic Volatility and Climate Policy

Expecting the Unexpected: Macroeconomic Volatility and Climate Policy

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In this paper we examine the effects of unanticipated macroeconomic shocks to growth in developing countries or a global financial crisis on the performance of three climate policy regimes: a globally-harmonized carbon tax; a global cap and trade system; and the McKibbin-Wilcoxen hybrid.

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Author(s)
Warwick J. McKibbin, Adele Morris and Peter J. Wilcoxen
Publisher
The Brookings Institution
Place published
Washington DC
Date / journal vol no.
2008 / Global Working Paper No. 25
Pages
46

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