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Climate and competitiveness: an economic impact assessment of eu leadership in emission control policies.
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| Author | Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria Böhringer, Christoph Moslener, Ulf |
| Abstract | Abstract. The European Council has recently claimed to consider ambitious emission reduction targets (15 to 30 percent by 2020 as compared to 1990 levels) to limit global climate change. In the light of the coexistent EU priorities under the Lisbon process, we analyse alternative unilateral EU emission control policies against their effects on EU (sectoral and economy-wide) competitiveness using a multi-sector, multi-region computable general equilibrium (CGE) model framework. For a given emission reduction target, our simulations show that alternative implementation rules (uniform versus sectorally differentiated carbon taxes) induce ambiguous impacts on sectoral competitiveness: For a uniform tax, relatively carbon-intensive EU industries face competitiveness losses, while carbon-extensive sectors improve their ability to compete internationally. Losses and gains are reinforced by the stringency of unilateral emission reduction targets. Thus, the implementation of an (economically efficient) uniform carbon tax induces structural change which inevitably goes at the expense of carbon-intensive industries. Vice versa, we find that more pronounced tax differentiation in favor of carbon-intensive industries can largely neutralize the negative impacts of emission constraints on their competitiveness, but goes at |
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| Subject Keyword | Emission Control Policy Economic Impact Assessment Eu Leadership Carbon-intensive Industry Global Climate Change Pronounced Tax Differentiation Structural Change Uniform Tax Sectoral Competitiveness Uniform Versus Vice Versa Coexistent Eu Priority Lisbon Process Unilateral Emission Reduction Target Alternative Implementation Rule Carbon-intensive Eu Industry Uniform Carbon Tax Model Framework Carbon Tax Carbon-extensive Sector Multi-region Computable General Equilibrium Emission Constraint Ambitious Emission Reduction Target Negative Impact European Council Competitiveness Loss Ambiguous Impact Emission Reduction Target |
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