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THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACTS OF U.S. FEDERAL CARBON EMISSIONS TRADING POLICY ACROSS HOUSEHOLDS, SECTORS AND STATES
by
Fynnwin Prager
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT)
May 2013
Copyright 2013 Fynnwin Prager
Object Description
| Title | The economic and political impacts of U.S. federal carbon emissions trading policy across households, sectors and states |
| Author | Prager, Fynnwin |
| Author email | fprager@usc.edu;fynnprager@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Policy, Planning and Development |
| School | School of Policy, Planning and Development |
| Date defended/completed | 2013-02-22 |
| Date submitted | 2013-04-26 |
| Date approved | 2013-04-29 |
| Restricted until | 2013-04-29 |
| Date published | 2013-04-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Painter, Gary D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rose, Adam Z. Sellers, Jefferey. |
| Abstract | This dissertation examines the economic and political impacts of climate policy across U.S. households, sectors and states. This dissertation is motivated by three themes that dominate climate policy: change, inequality, and uncertainty. The impacts of future climate changes are uncertain. Precautionary government intervention can be justified given the potentially catastrophic outcomes of climate change, especially for the most vulnerable communities. However, there is concern that climate policy changes would substantially burden the economy, and inequitably impact the poorest households and regions by reducing income and purchasing power, and by creating more difficult transitions to new green jobs. This dissertation analyzes the economic impacts of a U.S. federal ETP, a market-based approach used by governments worldwide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Computable general equilibrium modeling is used to estimate the distributional economic impacts across U.S. household income groups and states. ETP can be designed to alleviate regulatory burdens on specific sectors, states, or income brackets; this dissertation compares the economic impacts of numerous policy design options. Uncertainty over climate change has also contributed to an increasingly contentious political debate over policy. This dissertation examines the influence of state-level computable general equilibrium results, as well as other state-level economic indicators, on Congressional climate policy voting. |
| Keyword | climate policy; computable general equilibrium modeling; economic impacts; income distribution; political economy; regional equity |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Prager, Fynnwin |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-PragerFynn-1613.pdf |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume3/etd-PragerFynn-1613.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | i THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPACTS OF U.S. FEDERAL CARBON EMISSIONS TRADING POLICY ACROSS HOUSEHOLDS, SECTORS AND STATES by Fynnwin Prager A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PUBLIC POLICY AND MANAGEMENT) May 2013 Copyright 2013 Fynnwin Prager |
