The Distributional Impact of a Carbon Tax in Asia and the Pacific /

While a carbon tax is widely acknowledged as an efficient policy to mitigate climate change, adoption has lagged. Part of the challenge resides in the distributional implications of a carbon tax and a belief that it tends to be regressive. Even when not regressive, poor households could be hurt by a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alonso, Cristian
Other Authors: Kilpatrick, Joey.
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/116
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Online Access:Full text available on IMF