Comments on: Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are superior to “cap and trade” schemes http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/ Seeking reliable, objective sources on economics, foreign-policy and energy-policy issues. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:29:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are superior to cap and trade schemes » scruffydan.com/blog -Kill bill C-61 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/#comment-29788 Why revenue-neutral carbon taxes are superior to cap and trade schemes » scruffydan.com/blog -Kill bill C-61 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:28:50 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/#comment-29788 [...] Darden over at the Seeker Blog has a great post on why carbon taxes are superior to cap and trade schemes. He argues (quite [...] […] Darden over at the Seeker Blog has a great post on why carbon taxes are superior to cap and trade schemes. He argues (quite […]

]]> By: Will Howard http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/#comment-29775 Will Howard Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:05:54 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/#comment-29775 Australian Financial Review had an article making a similar argument: [May need subscription to view the whole text, but here's the headline] http://www.afr.com/home/viewer.aspx?ATL://20080927000030356365&section=search&title=No+need+for+a+market+when+a+simple+tax+will+do No need for a market when a simple tax will do 27 September 2008 | KEVIN DAVIS. Kevin Davis is the Commonwealth Bank chair of finance at the University of Melbourne an | The Australian Financial Review With the lessons already learnt from the crisis in financial markets, perhaps it is time to rethink the merits of developing markets for carbon trading. Why establish a financial market for trading complex, government-determined property rights when simpler alternatives exist? Australian Financial Review had an article making a similar argument:

[May need subscription to view the whole text, but here’s the headline]

http://www.afr.com/home/viewer.aspx?ATL://20080927000030356365&section=search&title=No+need+for+a+market+when+a+simple+tax+will+do

No need for a market when a simple tax will do
27 September 2008 | KEVIN DAVIS. Kevin Davis is the Commonwealth Bank chair of finance at the University of Melbourne an | The Australian Financial Review
With the lessons already learnt from the crisis in financial markets, perhaps it is time to rethink the merits of developing markets for carbon trading. Why establish a financial market for trading complex, government-determined property rights when simpler alternatives exist?

]]> By: Carbon Tax Center » Why Revenue-Neutral Carbon Taxes are Superior to “Cap and Trade” Schemes http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/#comment-29768 Carbon Tax Center » Why Revenue-Neutral Carbon Taxes are Superior to “Cap and Trade” Schemes Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:41:02 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080928/why-revenue-neutral-carbon-taxes-are-superior-to-cap-and-trade-schemes/#comment-29768 [...] by Daniel Rosenblum Why Revenue-Neutral Carbon Taxes are Superior to "Cap and Trade" Schemes (Seeker Blog) Filed under [...] […] by Daniel Rosenblum Why Revenue-Neutral Carbon Taxes are Superior to “Cap and Trade” Schemes (Seeker Blog) Filed under […]

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