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Carbon Taxes and Compensation Options

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Publication date
1 October 2020
EPAH Type of publication
Report (policy paper, recommendation)

Description

The publication first describes the necessary background and policy objectives of a carbon tax. It then discusses in detail the effect a carbon tax could have on energy poverty. It discusses how energy poverty can be reduced by different policy packages that are compensating households for the financial burden of the carbon tax. 

Author: SEAMUS O'MALLEY, BARRA ROANTREE and JOHN CURTIS, Economic and Social Research Institute

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Carbon Taxes and Compensation Options