How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries' Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2014/174
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ian Parry , Chandara Veung , and Dirk Heine
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 September 2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498358279.001
ISBN: 9781498358279
Keywords: carbon pricing, co-benefits, air pollution, fuel taxes, top twenty emitters, benefits, natural gas, fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, Government Policy
This paper calculates, for the top twenty emitting countries, how much pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is in their own national interests due to domestic co-benefits (leaving aside the global climate bene...