@article{Nielsen:332406,
      recid = {332406},
      author = {Nielsen, Chris P. and Ho, Mun S. and Zhao, Yu and Wang,  Yuxuan and Lei, Yu and Cao, Jing},
      title = {An Integrated Assessment of the Economic Costs and  Environmental Benefits of Carbon Taxes in China},
      address = {2013},
      pages = {62},
      year = {2013},
      note = {Presented at the 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Shanghai, China},
      abstract = {The rapid economic growth in China has brought a parallel  degradation of the environment that is of great concern to  policy makers. A more recent policy concern is the  international pressure for controlling carbon emissions. We  analyze the costs and benefits of various carbon tax  policies. The complex links between economic activity,  energy use, emissions, air quality and human health  requires an integrated approach. In collaboration with  researchers in several fields of environmental sciences, we  tie together a multi-sector economic model, a detailed  emissions inventory, an advanced atmospheric model  (GEOS-CHEM), and health assessment tools (BenMAP model). We  find that a modest carbon tax would not only reduce CO2  emissions substantially, but also achieving a sizable  ancillary benefits by reducing local air pollution, and the  likely negative economic costs are modest. Then we compared  six carbon tax proposals to shed some light on future  carbon tax reform in China.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332406},
}