The impact of a carbon tax on manufacturing: Evidence from microdata

We estimate the impact of a carbon tax on manufacturing plants using panel data from the UK production census. Our identification strategy builds on the comparison of outcomes between plants subject to the full tax and plants that paid only 20% of the tax. Exploiting exogenous variation in eligibili...

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Published in:	Journal of public economics Vol. 117; pp. 1 - 14
Main Authors:	Martin, Ralf, de Preux, Laure B., Wagner, Ulrich J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier B.V 01.09.2014
Subjects:	Carbon emissions Carbon tax Climate Climate Change Levy Employment Energy use Evidence Manufacturing Policy analysis Policy evaluation Taxation Taxes United Kingdom Q54 D21 Energy use Climate Change Levy Q48 UK Policy evaluation H23 Manufacturing Carbon tax Q41
ISSN:	0047-2727, 1879-2316
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