carbon tax ↔ Border Carbon Adjustment

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related 2.58 — strongly supporting 5 facts

Carbon taxes and Border Carbon Adjustments are both identified as key climate policy instruments in academic research [1], with the former often serving as a preferred implementation mechanism for the latter [2]. Both concepts are frequently analyzed together in surveys regarding expert recommendations on climate policy design [3], [4], and [5].

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Designing Carbon Pricing Policies Across the Globe link.springer.com Springer 5 facts

claimExperts who reply to the initial survey invitation do not provide different recommendations on average regarding carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, Border Carbon Adjustments (BCA), or revenue uses compared to those who reply after a reminder.

claimExperts who do not reveal their identity provide similar recommendations regarding carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, Border Carbon Adjustments (BCA), and revenue use categories compared to experts who do reveal their identity.

procedureThe authors of 'Designing Carbon Pricing Policies Across the Globe' reweight recommendations on carbon taxes, cap-and-trade, Border Carbon Adjustments (BCA), and revenue use options by the characteristics of both respondents and non-respondents to test for non-response bias.

claimThe study 'Designing Carbon Pricing Policies Across the Globe' documents strong support among academic experts for the use of carbon taxes and border carbon adjustment as climate policy instruments.

claimThere is a positive correlation between recommendations for carbon taxes and border carbon adjustments (BCA), significant at the 10-percent level, likely because border carbon adjustments are more easily implemented with carbon taxes than with cap-and-trade systems.