Energy Efficiency Standards Are More Regressive Than Energy Taxes: Theory and Evidence
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- Arik Levinson, 2019. "Energy Efficiency Standards Are More Regressive Than Energy Taxes: Theory and Evidence," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press, vol. 6(S1), pages 7-36.
- Arik Levinson, 2016. "Energy Efficiency Standards Are More Regressive Than Energy Taxes: Theory and Evidence," NBER Chapters, in: Energy Policy Tradeoffs between Economic Efficiency and Distributional Equity, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Arik Levinson, 2017. "Energy Efficiency Standards Are More Regressive Than Energy Taxes: Theory and Evidence," Working Papers gueconwpa~17-17-01, Georgetown University, Department of Economics.
- Arik Levinson, 2016. "Energy Efficiency Standards Are More Regressive Than Energy Taxes: Theory and Evidence," NBER Working Papers 22956, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Pigouvian tax; performance standards; pollution;All these keywords.
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- H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
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- NEP-PUB-2018-08-27 (Public Finance)
- NEP-REG-2018-08-27 (Regulation)
- NEP-TRE-2018-08-27 (Transport Economics)
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