Intensity-Based Rebating of Emission Pricing Revenues

Christoph Böhringer, Carolyn Fischer and Nicholas Rivers

No V-439-22, Working Papers from University of Oldenburg, Department of Economics

Abstract: Carbon pricing policies worldwide are increasingly coupled with direct or indi-rect subsidies where emissions pricing revenues are rebated to the regulated enti-ties. This paper analyzes the incentives created by two novel forms of rebating that reward additional emission intensity reductions: one given in proportion to output (intensity-based output rebating) and another that rebates a share of emission pay-ments (intensity-based emission rebating). These forms are contrasted with output-based rebating, abatement-based rebating, and lump sum rebating. Given the same emission price, intensity-based output rebating incentivizes the most intensity reduc-tions, while abatement-based rebating incentivizes the most output reductions, and output-based rebating puts the least pressure on output (and emissions); intensity-based emissions rebating lies in between these, by implicitly subsidizing emissions while incentivizing intensity reductions. The paper supplements partial equilibrium theoretical analysis with numerical simulations to assess the performance of di?erent mechanisms in a multisector general equilibrium model that accounts for economywide market interactions.

Keywords: Climate change; policy; carbon pricing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05, Revised 2022-05
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