(4) Consumption taxes on all non-energy goods
Intuition: reduction in domestic consumption reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use
7/N
Intuition: reduction in domestic consumption reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use
7/N
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Intuition: increasing domestic production reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use
8/N
Intuition: increasing domestic production reduces net imports, thereby reducing the international price of green energy and thereby increasing foreign consumption, resulting in lower fossil fuel use
9/N
Intuition: reducing domestic production increases net imports, thereby increasing the international price of fossil fuels and thereby decreasing foreign consumption
10/N
With no aversion to leakage, only a uniform carbon tax is needed
11/N
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12/N