Journal Article
No. 2017-20 | July 07, 2017
Gregor Schwerhoff, Thang Dao Nguyen, Ottmar Edenhofer, Gianluca Grimalda, Michael Jakob, David Klenert and Jan Siegmeier
Policy options for a socially balanced climate policy
(Published in The Sustainable Development Goals—Assessing interlinkages, trade-offs and synergies for policy design)

Abstract

Climate policies, including removing fossil fuel subsidies or imposing carbon prices, can be designed in a way that is both efficient in addressing climate change and results in a fair distribution of the associated costs.

JEL Classification:

D62, E62, H21, H22

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Gregor Schwerhoff, Thang Dao Nguyen, Ottmar Edenhofer, Gianluca Grimalda, Michael Jakob, David Klenert, and Jan Siegmeier (2017). Policy options for a socially balanced climate policy. Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 11 (2017-20): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2017-20