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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782171703321

Titolo

Leveling the carbon playing field [[electronic resource] ] : international competition and US climate policy design / / Trevor Houser ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Peterson Institute for International Economics, : World Resources Institute, 2008

ISBN

1-281-39713-X

9786611397135

0-88132-490-6

1-4356-5538-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (118 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HouserTrevor

Disciplina

363.738/74526

Soggetti

Climatic changes - Government policy - United States - Evaluation

Greenhouse gas mitigation - Government policy - United States

Climatic changes - Government policy - International cooperation

Greenhouse gas mitigation - International cooperation

Carbon taxes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter One Introduction: How Climate and Competitiveness Fit Together""; ""Background""; ""Identifying Vulnerable Industries""; ""A Broader View of Competitiveness?""; ""Options for US Policy Design""; ""Chapter Two Cost Containment Mechanisms""; ""Price Caps""; ""Borrowing and Banking Allowances""; ""Free Allocation of Allowances""; ""Tax Credits""; ""Offsets""; ""Exemptions""; ""Containing Noncarbon Costs""; ""Chapter Three Trade Measures""; ""Designing a Trade Measure""; ""Scenarios for Implementation""

""Effects on US Producers""""Implications for International Engagement""; ""Chapter Four Coordinated International Action ""; ""Prospects for International Engagement: The Case of China ""; ""Models for Cooperation on Industrial Emissions""; ""Need for US Leadership""; ""Scope for International Agreement""; ""Conclusion""; ""Cost Containment Mechanisms""; ""Trade Measures""; ""Coordinated



International Action""; ""Looking Forward""; ""References""; ""Glossary""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""