The Optimal Strategy of the Carbon Tax Revenue Transfer to the Agricultural Sector in Taiwan --Base on the Application of CGE Model
Abstract:Due to anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, causing global warming, threats to human survival, with low power consumption, low pollution, low emissions, low carbon economic model based on the revolution to save the long-term survival of human groups and social opportunities. C02 reduction strategies in Taiwan in addition to the adjustment of industrial policy and industrial structure, improving energy effi- ciency, strengthening for the forest resources of the Taiwan region, large-scale promotion of agricultural production land for afforestation carbon sequestration, and join the international forest resources, carbon trading market, also the possible options of future greenhouse gas reduction strategy. Taking the social-economic data in Taiwan as the basis, This study analyzes the influences of various carbon tax policy for industrial final demand structure change and individual industrial output by using CGE model, and find out the optimal strategy combination of the carbon tax fiscal payment transfered to the agricultural departments.
Keywords:carbon taxfiscal paymentCGE modelTaiwan
Publication Date:2012-01-01
Pages:10( 1-10 )
