<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Less grift, more grist?]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by ajguse http://www.grist.org/article/carbon-taxes-are-harder-to-scam-than-emissions-trading-schemes/ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 09:37:53 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/carbon-taxes-are-harder-to-scam-than-emissions-trading-schemes/1 Good Point.

Couldn't agree more.  Cap-n-trade and tax schemes would in principle have similar incentive and welfare effects IF the rights were auctioned off.  However, I think its safe to assume that as a practical matter we can expect a competetive auction with substantially less than 100% probability.  One need only look at the list of actors now pushing for a trading scheme for proof.  

Now that it is clear that CO2 taxes are superior to cap-n-trade schemes, I am looking forward to the day when the debate shifts to how to spend the revenue.  I.e. which taxes should be reduced?  There is still room for legitimate debate between knowledgable people on this front.

]]> Good Point.

Couldn't agree more.  Cap-n-trade and tax schemes would in principle have similar incentive and welfare effects IF the rights were auctioned off.  However, I think its safe to assume that as a practical matter we can expect a competetive auction with substantially less than 100% probability.  One need only look at the list of actors now pushing for a trading scheme for proof.  

Now that it is clear that CO2 taxes are superior to cap-n-trade schemes, I am looking forward to the day when the debate shifts to how to spend the revenue.  I.e. which taxes should be reduced?  There is still room for legitimate debate between knowledgable people on this front.

]]> Comment #2 by Biodiversivist http://www.grist.org/article/carbon-taxes-are-harder-to-scam-than-emissions-trading-schemes/ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:44:40 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/carbon-taxes-are-harder-to-scam-than-emissions-trading-schemes/2 This obviously isn't a science

We are at the mercy of bone-head politicians in either case to implement whichever scheme wins out, or both. How badly will they screw the one they choose up?

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> This obviously isn't a science

We are at the mercy of bone-head politicians in either case to implement whichever scheme wins out, or both. How badly will they screw the one they choose up?

In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

]]> Comment #3 by Gar Lipow http://www.grist.org/article/carbon-taxes-are-harder-to-scam-than-emissions-trading-schemes/ Sat, 17 Feb 2007 01:39:22 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/carbon-taxes-are-harder-to-scam-than-emissions-trading-schemes/3 How badly

A carbon tax takes more work to mess up than a cap and trade system. So the answer is "less with a carbon tax than with cap and trade".

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A carbon tax takes more work to mess up than a cap and trade system. So the answer is "less with a carbon tax than with cap and trade".

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