Name
Title | ||
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Effects of Carbon Emission Taxes on Transportation Mode Selections and Social Welfare |
Abstract | ||
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In this paper, we analyze how carbon emissions affect the selection of transportation modes and social welfare by using a two-stage Stackelberg gaming model. Based on this model, the government's optimal carbon-emission tax scheme and the company's optimal transportation mode and production decisions are explored. We find that: 1) whether or not the transport carbon-emission tax can increase social welfare depends on the relationships among the social cost of carbon (SCC), the transportation mode shifting threshold (TMST), and the biggest carbon-emission tax that a company can afford (BCRA); 2) a greater SCC implies a higher probability of improving social welfare via imposing transportation carbon-emission tax; and 3) a smaller TMST or BCRA yields a higher probability of improving social welfare when a carbon-emission tax is imposed. Further study shows that imposing a carbon-emission tax on the product with a higher production cost, a bigger product volume, or a bigger product density can increase the probability of improving social welfare. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2015 | 10.1109/TSMC.2015.2411577 | Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Transactions |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Transportation,Carbon dioxide,Carbon tax,Government,Companies,Investment,Numerical models | Social cost,Mathematical optimization,Numerical models,Microeconomics,Production cost,Stackelberg competition,Mathematics,Greenhouse gas,Carbon tax,Government,Social Welfare | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
PP | 99 | 2168-2216 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
4 | 0.56 | 9 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ming-Zheng Wang | 1 | 53 | 4.52 |
| Kuan Liu | 2 | 4 | 0.56 |
| Tsan-Ming Choi | 3 | 1040 | 75.03 |
| Xiaohang Yue | 4 | 5 | 0.90 |