Using Taxes to Improve Cap and Trade, Part I: Distribution

Authors

David Gamage, University of Missouri School of Law
Darien Shanske

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

In this article, the first of a series, we analyze the distributional issues involved in implementing U.S. state level cap-and-trade regimes. Specifically, we will argue that the structure of California’s AB 32 regime will unnecessarily disadvantage lower-income Californians under the announced plan to give away approximately half of the permits to businesses and pollution-emitting entities.

Recommended Citation

David Gamage and Darien Shanske, Using Taxes to Improve Cap and Trade, Part I: Distribution, 75 State Tax Notes 99 (2015).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.missouri.edu/facpubs/1155