Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name:  Henry D. Jacoby
Author-Name:  Richard S. Eckaus
Author-Name:  A. Denny Ellerman
Author-Name:  Ronald G. Prinn
Author-Name:  David M. Reiner 
Author-Name:  Zili Yang
Title:  CO2 Emissions Limits: Economic Adjustments and the Distribution of Burdens
Classification-JEL: F0
Pages:  31-58
Volume:  Volume18
Issue:  Number 3
Year:  1997
Abstract:  Policies under consideration within the Climate Convention would impose CO2 controls on only a subset of nations. A model of economic growth and emissions, coupled to an analysis of the climate system, is used to explore the consequences of a sample proposal of this type. The results show how economic burdens are likely to be distributed among nations, how carbon "leakage" may counteract the reductions attained, and how policy costs may be influenced by emissions trading. We explore the sensitivity of results to uncertainty in key underlying assumptions, including the influence on economic impacts and on the policy contribution to long-term climate goals.
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