Carbon pricing : early experience and future prospects
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Carbon pricing : early experience and future prospects
Edward Elgar, c2014
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  Toyama
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  Fukui
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  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
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  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
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  Okinawa
  Korea
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  United Kingdom
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In 2012, Australia took the major step of introducing a carbon price, involving the creation of a system of emissions permits initially issued at a fixed price. Carbon Pricing brings together experts instrumental in the development, and operation, of Australia's carbon policy who have played a significant role in the broader debate over climate change policy. Together they have achieved an in-depth analysis of Australia s policy stance on pricing carbon and its implications for the wider economy.While the future of carbon pricing is itself unclear in Australia, the experiences, insights and conclusions outlined herein will prove invaluable to a global audience. The assessment of the initial operation of the carbon price provides a wide range of insights into the problems of mitigating climate change, and the prospects for the future. The critical analysis will provide a valuable resource to inform wider international debates concerning alternative mechanisms for internalizing the carbon externality, tax reform, climate skepticism and carbon farming initiatives.
With its interdisciplinary approach, Carbon Pricing, will appeal to scholars and researchers of economics in general and climate change, natural resources and energy policy in particular. Those organizations and policymakers involved in similar experiments and processes in other countries will find the experiences and analysis invaluable.
Contributors include: D. Adamson, M. Battaglia, W.P. Bell, D. Besley, J. Cook, C. Downie, J. Foster, J. Freebairn, R. Garnaut, S. Grant, M. Harris, S. Kennedy, M. Keogh, T. Mallawaarachchi, R. Nelson, D. Quiggin, J. Quiggin, P. Wild, S. Writer
Table of Contents
Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
PART I UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS
1. The Carbon Tax: Early Experience and Future Prospects
Ross Garnaut
2. Carbon Pricing in Australia: An Early View from the Inside
Daniel Besley, Christian Downie, Steven Kennedy and Simon Writer
3. How Has the Carbon Tax Affected the Public 'Debate' on Climate Change?
John Cook
PART II TAXING EXTERNALITIES
4. The Carbon Tax and Tax Reform Debate
John Freebairn
5. How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the RET
John Quiggin
PART III THREATS, OPPORTUNITIES AND INDUSTRY ADAPTATION AND ADJUSTMENT
6. The Impact of Carbon Prices on Australia's National Energy Market
Phillip Wild, William Paul Bell and John Foster
7. Modeling the Impact of the Australian Greenhouse Emissions Trading Scheme on Farm and Fishery Businesses
Mick Keogh
8. Science, Transaction Costs and Carbon Markets
Michael Battaglia and Rohan Nelson
9. Agricultural Adaptation: Observations and Insights
Thilak Mallawaarachchi and Michael Harris
PART IV DEALING WITH THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
10. Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle
Simon Grant and John Quiggin
Conclusion
Index
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