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The role of border carbon adjustments in a US carbon tax

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  • Warwick J. McKibbin
  • Adele C. Morris
  • Peter J. Wilcoxen
  • Weifeng Liu

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This paper examines carbon tax design options in the United States using an intertemporal computable general equilibrium model of the world economy called G-Cubed. Four policy scenarios explore two overarching issues: (1) the effects of a carbon tax under alternative assumptions about the use of the resulting revenue, and (2) the effects of a system of import charges on carbon-intensive goods (“border carbon adjustments”).

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  • Warwick J. McKibbin & Adele C. Morris & Peter J. Wilcoxen & Weifeng Liu, 2017. "The role of border carbon adjustments in a US carbon tax," CAMA Working Papers 2017-39, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
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