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Carbon Pricing Efficacy: Cross-Country Evidence

Environmental & resource economics, 2020-09, Vol.77 (1), p.69-94 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer Nature B.V. 2020 ;Springer Nature B.V. 2020. ;ISSN: 0924-6460 ;EISSN: 1573-1502 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10640-020-00436-x

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  • Title:
    Carbon Pricing Efficacy: Cross-Country Evidence
  • Author: Best, Rohan ; Burke, Paul J. ; Jotzo, Frank
  • Subjects: Carbon dioxide ; Combustion ; Comparative studies ; Econometrics ; Economic Policy ; Economics ; Economics and Finance ; Efficacy ; Emissions ; Environmental Economics ; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice ; Environmental Management ; Fuel combustion ; Growth rate ; Modelling ; Prices ; Pricing
  • Is Part Of: Environmental & resource economics, 2020-09, Vol.77 (1), p.69-94
  • Description: To date there has been an absence of cross-country empirical studies on the efficacy of carbon pricing. In this paper we present estimates of the contribution of carbon pricing to reducing national carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from fuel combustion, using several econometric modelling approaches that control for other key policies and for structural factors that are relevant for emissions. We use data for 142 countries over a period of two decades, 43 of which had a carbon price in place at the national level or below by the end of the study period. We find evidence that the average annual growth rate of CO 2 emissions from fuel combustion has been around 2 percentage points lower in countries that have had a carbon price compared to countries without. An additional euro per tonne of CO 2 in carbon price is associated with a reduction in the subsequent annual emissions growth rate of approximately 0.3 percentage points, all else equal. While it is impossible to fully control for all relevant influences on emissions growth, our estimates suggest that the emissions trajectories of countries with and without carbon prices tend to diverge over time.
  • Publisher: Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0924-6460
    EISSN: 1573-1502
    DOI: 10.1007/s10640-020-00436-x
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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