Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change: A Guide for Policymakers

Author: Ruud A. de Mooij, Mr. Michael Keen, and Ian W.H. Parry

Efforts to control atmospheric accumulations of greenhouse gases that threaten to heat up the planet are in their infancy.

Publication date: September 2012

ISBN: 9781616353933

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Economics- Macroeconomics , Public Finance , Taxation - General , Environmental Economics , Environmental Conservation and Protection , BOOK , emission , firm , price , revenue , SCC , climate finance , emissions price , SCC estimate , forest owner , stability provisions , Carbon tax , Greenhouse gas emissions , Emissions trading , Personal income , Global

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Summary

Efforts to control atmospheric accumulations of greenhouse gases that threaten to heat up the planet are in their infancy. Although the IMF is not an environmental organization, environmental issues matter for its mission when they have major implications for macroeconomic performance and fiscal policy. Climate change clearly passes both these tests.