Economics of Policy Options to Address Climate Change.

Intro -- ECONOMICS OF POLICY OPTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- ECONOMICS OF POLICY OPTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CORRESPONDENCE -- Chapter 1 RESULTS IN BRIEF* -- Chapter 2 BACKGROUND -- MITIGATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- ADAPTATION POLICIES TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE -- ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE CONGRESS -- Chapter 3 DESPITE SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, ALL OF THE PANELISTS SUPPORTED ESTABLISHING A PRICE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- ALL OF THE PANELISTS AGREED THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A PRICE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND THE MAJORITY RECOMMENDED COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES -- PANELISTS DESCRIBED THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- PANELISTS RATED ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AS MORE USEFUL THAN ESTIMATES OF BENEFITS, CITING UNCERTAINTIES ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE IMPACTS -- THE MAJORITY OF PANELISTS SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BEGIN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS SOON, REGARDLESS OF INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION -- Chapter 4 THE PANELISTS' VIEWS ON THE STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF POLICY OPTIONS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CERTAINTY OF A CAP-AND-TRADE SYSTEM VERSUS THE EFFICIENCY OF A TAX ON EMISSIONS -- PANELISTS RATED THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING POLICY OPTIONS -- THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADE-OFFS ARE BETWEEN THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF CAP-AND-TRADE SYSTEMS AND THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF TAXES -- THE PANELISTS VIEWED OTHER POLICY OPTIONS LESS FAVORABLY BUT CITED THEIR POTENTIAL AS A COMPLEMENT TO A MARKET-BASED MECHANISM -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY.

APPENDIX II: SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF PANELISTS' PREFERRED POLICY OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE -- APPENDIX III: SELECTED QUESTIONS AND EXPERT RESPONSES -- APPENDIX IV: PANEL OF EXPERTS -- APPENDIX V: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED LITERATURE REVIEWED BY GAO -- ENDNOTES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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