An Intertemporal General Equilibrium Analysis of CO2 Emissions Problem

The current most important subject in the environmental economics has been the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions problem. This study aims to construct an economic accounting matrix for Japan's 1990 economy. And then, we estimate the volume of CO2generation. Furthermore, we construct an intertempor...

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Published inINFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING REVIEW Vol. 16; pp. 431 - 442
Main Authors MIYATA, Yuzuru, SATO, Hiroki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan Society of Civil Engineers 1999
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ISSN0913-4034
1884-8303
1884-8303
DOI10.2208/journalip.16.431

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Summary:The current most important subject in the environmental economics has been the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions problem. This study aims to construct an economic accounting matrix for Japan's 1990 economy. And then, we estimate the volume of CO2generation. Furthermore, we construct an intertemporal computable general equilibrium model of the CO2emissions examining effects of carbon tax (Case1) and introduction of CO2 emissions permit trading market (Case2) on Japan's economy. Finally, despite the fact that the same quantitative CO2restraint is imposed on industries in the target year in Cases1 and 2, intertemporal general equilibrium effects largely differ across industries and households.
ISSN:0913-4034
1884-8303
1884-8303
DOI:10.2208/journalip.16.431