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Does the Social Cost of Carbon Matter? Evidence from US Policy
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We evaluate a recent US initiative to include the social cost of carbon (SCC) in regulatory decisions. To our knowledge, this paper provides the first systematic analysis of the extent to which applying the SCC has affected national policy. We examine all economically significant federal regulations since 2008 and obtain an unexpected result: putting a value on changes in carbon dioxide emissions does not generally affect the ranking of the preferred policy compared with the status quo. Overa...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Legal Studies
- Volume:
- 44
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 229-248
- Publication date:
- 2015-01-31
- Acceptance date:
- 2015-01-30
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- EISSN:
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1537-5366
- ISSN:
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0047-2530
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- English
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- 2015-09-08
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