Addressing the competitiveness effects of taxing carbon in China: domestic tax cuts versus border tax adjustments

摘要: Abstract This study focuses on the international competitiveness effects of levying a carbon tax in China. Based computable general equilibrium model, this analysed impacts different sectors from aspect changes market shares domestic producers markets and exports. The measures, including cuts border adjustments, alleviating unfavourable were also compared, as schemes macro-economy, sectoral profits emissions. results show that without any complementary would negatively shock exports almost all tradable sectors. As for cushioning effects, are able to ease negative Moreover, both macro-economy obviously smaller than those other schemes, regardless use same rate or emission reduction amount. Among adjustment best performance corresponds measure purely implementing adjustments