Effects of Differentiating Climate Policy by Sector: A US Example

Joint Program Report
Effects of Differentiating Climate Policy by Sector: A US Example
Babiker, M., M.E. Bautista, H.D. Jacoby and J.M. Reilly (2000)
Joint Program Report Series, 15 pages

Report 61 [Download]

Abstract/Summary:

The experience of other environmental problems suggests that policies yielding uniform marginal costs across sectors, as most analyses assume, are not likely to be realized in practice. Some sectors will be favored over others, yielding different levels of control. Using the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis Model, the national cost of such differentiation across sectors is shown to be very high. Moreover, because of interactions and feedbacks in the economy, measures that differentiate in this way may not even aid the sectors they are intended to protect.

Citation:

Babiker, M., M.E. Bautista, H.D. Jacoby and J.M. Reilly (2000): Effects of Differentiating Climate Policy by Sector: A US Example. Joint Program Report Series Report 61, 15 pages (http://globalchange.mit.edu/publication/13910)
  • Joint Program Report
Effects of Differentiating Climate Policy by Sector: A US Example

Babiker, M., M.E. Bautista, H.D. Jacoby and J.M. Reilly

Report 

61
15 pages
2000

Abstract/Summary: 

The experience of other environmental problems suggests that policies yielding uniform marginal costs across sectors, as most analyses assume, are not likely to be realized in practice. Some sectors will be favored over others, yielding different levels of control. Using the MIT Emissions Prediction and Policy Analysis Model, the national cost of such differentiation across sectors is shown to be very high. Moreover, because of interactions and feedbacks in the economy, measures that differentiate in this way may not even aid the sectors they are intended to protect.