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Leveling the Carbon Playing Field : International Competition and US Climate Policy Design.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (118 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780881324907
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Leveling the Carbon Playing FieldDDC classification:
  • 363.738/74526
LOC classification:
  • QC983 -- .L48 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One Introduction: How Climate and Competitiveness Fit Together -- Background -- Identifying Vulnerable Industries -- A Broader View of Competitiveness? -- Options for US Policy Design -- Chapter Two Cost Containment Mechanisms -- Price Caps -- Borrowing and Banking Allowances -- Free Allocation of Allowances -- Tax Credits -- Offsets -- Exemptions -- Containing Noncarbon Costs -- Chapter Three Trade Measures -- Designing a Trade Measure -- Scenarios for Implementation -- Effects on US Producers -- Implications for International Engagement -- Chapter Four Coordinated International Action -- Prospects for International Engagement: The Case of China -- Models for Cooperation on Industrial Emissions -- Need for US Leadership -- Scope for International Agreement -- Conclusion -- Cost Containment Mechanisms -- Trade Measures -- Coordinated International Action -- Looking Forward -- References -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- Index.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One Introduction: How Climate and Competitiveness Fit Together -- Background -- Identifying Vulnerable Industries -- A Broader View of Competitiveness? -- Options for US Policy Design -- Chapter Two Cost Containment Mechanisms -- Price Caps -- Borrowing and Banking Allowances -- Free Allocation of Allowances -- Tax Credits -- Offsets -- Exemptions -- Containing Noncarbon Costs -- Chapter Three Trade Measures -- Designing a Trade Measure -- Scenarios for Implementation -- Effects on US Producers -- Implications for International Engagement -- Chapter Four Coordinated International Action -- Prospects for International Engagement: The Case of China -- Models for Cooperation on Industrial Emissions -- Need for US Leadership -- Scope for International Agreement -- Conclusion -- Cost Containment Mechanisms -- Trade Measures -- Coordinated International Action -- Looking Forward -- References -- Glossary -- About the Authors -- Index.

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