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Taxes and caps on carbon work differently but calibrating them poses the same challenge

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
There are different kinds of policies that can curb greenhouse gases. Climber 1959/Shutterstock.com

Virtually everything most people on earth do these days involves, either directly or indirectly, the combustion of oil, gas and coal. Burning these fossil fuels is generating carbon emissions, which accumulate in the atmosphere, contributing to global...

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