Carbon Tax Externalities and Efficiency
How does an excise tax on carbon emissions affect the positive externalities associated with cleaner technologies and overall market efficiency?
A
Decreased public spending power due, indirectly, rising cost goods services caused tax increase.
B
Increased adoption of clean technology leads to positive externalities while improving allocative efficiency through internalizing negative externality costs.
C
Reduced competitiveness internationally as domestic firms face higher production costs compared abroad.
D
Amplification existing inequalities because poorer households spend larger proportion incomes energy related expenses.
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