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This chapter outlines ten arguments for a carbon tax, breaking out each argument into a separate part. The most salient hypothetical is that a federal carbon tax be adopted in the United States or Canada, but clearly a carbon tax could be adopted by any number of countries or subnational jurisdictions. The arguments and considerations outlined in this book apply equally whether it is proposed as a US federal carbon tax, a Chinese federal carbon tax, a state or provincial law, or potentially even a law adopted by cities and municipalities.
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- Carbon Dioxide Emission
- Carbon Price
- Marginal Abatement Cost
- Marginal Damage
- Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emission
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Hsu, SL. (2011). Ten Arguments for a Carbon Tax. In: The Case for a Carbon Tax. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-178-8_3
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