Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2011
Publication Title
American Economic Review
Department
Tuck School of Business
Abstract
This paper examines the intersection between two aspects of climate policy design. The first is the point of regulation: should it be placed on pollution sources, carbon-rich inputs, or consumers? The second aspect concerns the external effects of a local climate policy. Leakage occurs when partial regulation results in an increase in emissions in unregulated parts of the economy. Our model demonstrates how directly regulating polluters can increase foreign emissions while indirect regulation (either upstream or downstream of the pollution source) will decrease foreign emissions. The net effect on combined domestic and foreign emissions will depend on market elasticities.
DOI
10.1257/aer.101.3.263
Original Citation
Bushnell, James B., and Erin T. Mansur. 2011. "Vertical Targeting and Leakage in Carbon Policy." American Economic Review, 101 (3): 263-67.DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.3.263
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Bushnell, James B. and Mansur, Erin T., "Vertical Targeting and Leakage in Carbon Policy" (2011). Dartmouth Scholarship. 2391.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/2391
