As of 2020, carbon taxes were in effect in 30 jurisdictions around the world. This article
provides a theoretical overview of carbon taxes along with some empirical evidence on the …

The environmental justice literature has found that the poor and people of color are
disproportionately exposed to pollution. This literature has sparked a broad activist …

This paper assesses the impacts across US household income groups of carbon taxes of
various designs. We consider both the source-side impacts (reflecting how policies affect …

Climate change is driven by the buildup of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere,
which is predominantly the result of the world's consumption of fossil fuels. GHGs are a …

There is a growing interest in using carbon taxes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, not
only in industrialized economies but also in developing economies. Many countries have …

Many policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions have at their core efforts to put a price on
carbon emissions. Carbon pricing impacts households both by raising the cost of carbon …

Are carbon taxes regressive? To calculate effects of a carbon tax on each family's
expenditures, plus distributional effects of three revenue-recycling mechanisms, we employ …

This paper uses individual-level data to estimate the labor market consequences of
environmental policies. The focus on workers rather than industries as the unit of analysis …

Carbon taxes efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are criticized as regressive.
This paper links dynamic overlapping-generation and micro-simulation models of the United …

Despite widespread agreement that a carbon tax would be more efficient, many countries
use fuel economy standards to reduce transportation-related carbon dioxide emissions. We …