Climate Change and the Global Trading System: On the Advantages of a Carbon Tariff

by Daniel Gros, Selen G. Sarisoy, Christian Egenhofer

The European Union has been a pioneer in climate change policies, especially through its cap and trade emissions trading system (the ETS) for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent by the year 2020. This book analyzes the economic consequences of supplementing the ETS with an import tax on the CO2 content of all goods imported into the EU.

The authors find that a CO2 border tax or import tariff would increase global welfare and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 929079867X
• ISBN13: 9789290798675
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Centre for European Policy Studies
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.6" x 9.3"