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Two policies that raise the same amount of revenue can have different economic impacts. Consumption taxes, which generally do not…

This literature review systematically evaluates potential climate policy outcomes when a carbon tax and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS)…

This paper examines how a revenue-neutral carbon tax affords policymakers significant flexibility in navigating the tradeoff between efficiency and equity.

This paper lays out the case for adopting a revenue-neutral carbon tax to lower the Social Security payroll tax rate.

This paper analyzes zip code-level voting patterns and demographic data to assess the economics and politics of carbon taxes and regulations based on Washington State’s Initiative 732.

This paper examines the issues policymakers must keep in mind when designing a revenue-neutral carbon tax system structured as a consumption tax that includes provisions regarding the application of the tax to imports and exports.

This report reviews the history of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and examines replacing them with a carbon tax to more efficiently reduce economy-wide carbon dioxide emissions and improve the environment.

This report shows how a revenue-neutral carbon tax could permanently extend the newly enacted individual income tax cuts, as well as other expiring tax provisions, without adding to the deficit.

This report demonstrates that carbon taxes are significantly more cost-effective at reducing greenhouse gases than regulations.

This report examines the potential impact a revenue-neutral carbon tax would have on technological development.

This paper develops a harm-reduction strategy given growing pressure for government to do more about climate change; aims to steer…

This report examines the results of an opinion research study about Millennials on environmental protection and the issue of climate change.

This summary provides a primer on how a carbon tax works.

This briefing book identifies the key elements of a base-broadening, rate reducing tax reform proposal, including a $20-per-ton tax on…

This technical paper documents the methodology OTA would use to estimate the revenue and distributional effects of a carbon tax…

This paper proposes a politically feasible and revenue-neutral plan to use a price on carbon emissions to eliminate the U.S….

This paper seeks to address key design principles for a carbon policy.

This document provides tables that summarize current energy-related Federal tax incentives and a brief discussion of the economic rationale for…

This paper argues that conservatives should make a carbon tax a centerpiece of their environmental policy agenda.

This essay summarizes the most important lines of evidence for anthropogenic climate change, confronts some of the stickier questions behind uncertainty in climate projections, and concludes with a discussion of the particular risks entailed by climate change and how they are being quantified.

This paper examines the United States’ policy choices—including regulatory and market-based—if it transitions to a clean-energy economy.