Jan. 18, 2019
Professor co-authors paper for Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
Professor Sharon Mascher has co-authored the paper Experience with Carbon Taxes and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Systems with Erik Haites, Duan Maosheng, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Easwaran Narassimhan, Kenneth R. Richards & Masayo Wakabayashi.
The paper assesses the performance of carbon taxes and ETSs with respect to environmental effectiveness (reduction of emissions regulated by the instrument), cost-effectiveness (marginal abatement cost), economic efficiency, public finance, and administrative issues.