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• Title:The case for a carbon tax : getting past our hang-ups to effective climate policy / Shi-Ling Hsu.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hsu, Shi-Ling.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2011.
  

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  • Call Number: HJ5316 .H78 2011
    
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  • Call Number: HJ5316 .H78 2011
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Carbon taxes.
  Climatic changes--Government policy.
  
• Description:xi, 233 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781597265317 (cloth : alk. paper)
  1597265314 (cloth : alk. paper)
  9781597265331 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  1597265330 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
  ch. 2 Climate Change Policy Alternatives
  Carbon Taxes
  Command-and-Control Regulation
  Cap-and-Trade
  Government Subsidies
  ch. 3 Ten Arguments for a Carbon Tax
  One. Economic Efficiency
  Two. Excessive Formation of Capital
  Three. Non-Interference with Other Regulatory Instruments or Jurisdictions
  Four. Government Is Better at Reducing "Bads" Than Increasing "Goods"
  Five. Incentives for Innovation
  -Price Effects
  Six. Incentives for Innovation
  -Price Breadth
  Seven. Administrability
  Eight. International Coordination
  Nine: Revenue Raising
  Ten. Economic Efficiency Revisited: Prices versus Quantities under Uncertainty
  Conclusion
  ch. 4 Arguments against a Carbon Tax
  Political Economy Considerations
  Regressiveness
  Ineffectiveness
  Crowding Out
  Conclusion
  ch. 5 Carbon Tax Psychology
  "Do No Harm" Effect
  Identifiability Effect
  Endowment Effect
  Conclusion
  ch. 6 Changing Political Fortunes?
  ch. 7 Conclusion.