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Induced Technical Change and the Cost of Climate Policy

Induced Technical Change and the Cost of Climate Policy

This paper provides an economic analysis of a specific climate change policy: a carbon tax. The analysis attempts to gauge the potential for a carbon tax to create an incentive for research and development, and subsequently lower the cost of technologies responding to climate change.

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