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原文传递 Under What Conditions Does a Carbon Tax on Fossil Fuels Stimulate Biofuels?

题名：	Under What Conditions Does a Carbon Tax on Fossil Fuels Stimulate Biofuels?
责任者：	Timilsina, Govinda R.<=>Csordas, Stefan<=>Mevel, Simon
关键词：	Transport
学科分类：	交通运输规划与管理
摘要：	A carbon tax is an efficient economic instrument to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide released from fossil fuel burning. Its impacts on production of renewable energy depend on how it is designed -- particularly in the context of the penetration of biofuels into the energy supply mix for road transportation. Using a multi-sector, multi-country computable general equilibrium model, this study shows first that a carbon tax with the entire tax revenue recycled to households through a lump-sum transfer does not stimulate biofuel production significantly, even at relatively high tax rates. This reflects the high cost of carbon dioxide abatement through biofuels substitution, relative to other energy substitution alternatives; in addition, the carbon tax will have negative economy-wide consequences that reduce total demand for all fuels. A combined carbon tax and biofuel subsidy policy, where part of the carbon tax revenue is used to finance a biofuel subsidy, would significantly stimulate market penetration of biofuels. Although the carbon tax and biofuel subsidy policy would cause higher loss in global economic output compared with the carbon tax with lump sum revenue redistribution, the incremental output loss is relatively small.
出版机构：	World Bank
报告类型：	咨询报告
详细地址：	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110606142136
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	2011-06-01
最新修改时间：	2017-12-13T13:01:43Z