Cost Containment in Climate Change Policy: Alternative Approaches to Mitigating Price Volatility

Gilbert E. Metcalf

NBER Working Paper No. 15125
Issued in July 2009

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Joshua Lund-Wilde has provided excellent research assistance on this paper. I am grateful for comments from participants in the Virginia Tax Study Group's meeting at the University of Virginia Law School in April 2009. A previous version of this paper circulated under the title "Reacting to Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Carbon Tax to Meet Emission Targets." The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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