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Carbon Leakage: Theory, Evidence and Policy Design

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dc.contributor.authorPartnership for Market Readiness
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-20T23:21:56Z
dc.date.available2015-10-20T23:21:56Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-20
dc.description.abstractCarbon leakage is much discussed in carbon pricing policy. Stakeholders, especially emissions-intensive industries, have expressed concern about the implications of carbon pricing when they compete with firms located in jurisdictions without equivalent policies. This technical note provides an overview of the issue of carbon leakage, discussing the theory, evidence and policy design. This issue is of interest to a range of PMR countries and is of great importance to successful design and implementation of carbon pricing policies. The technical note addresses three broad questions: – How to evaluate the expected competitiveness and carbon leakage impacts (negative and positive) due to carbon pricing policies for different sectors and the entire economy? – How to mitigate the risk of negative impacts and strengthen the positive impacts (through instrument design or complementary policies) in the short and long term, and for different levels of expected decarbonization? – How to manage the process of dialogue between a government, business and civil society on the implications for competitiveness and risks of carbon leakage, and their mitigation? It draws lessons from policymaking experience and academic evidence to provide guidance to countries on how to address issues of carbon leakage as they arise in their national contexts.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/K8516
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/22785
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPartnership for Market Readiness Technical Papers
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPMR Technical Note
dc.subjectcarbon pricing
dc.subjectcarbon leakage
dc.subjectborder tax adjustment
dc.subjectgreenhouse gas emissions
dc.subjectemissions trading
dc.subjectcompetitiveness
dc.subjectmitigation
dc.subjectcarbon tax
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectemissions leakage
dc.titleCarbon Leakageen
dc.title.subtitleTheory, Evidence and Policy Designen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.typeDocument de travailfr
dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaClimate Change
okr.date.disclosure2015-10-20
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Working Paper
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
okr.guid138781468001151104
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/K8516
okr.identifier.report100369
okr.language.supporteden
okr.topicEnvironment::Carbon Policy and Trading
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.unitPartnership for Market Readiness
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