News and announcements data.
| Type/scale | Information & data sourcea | Countries | Finding | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review of 37 ex post evaluations of the effectiveness of carbon pricing since 1990 | Global, but majority EU | Aggregate emissions reduction is between 0% and 2% per year. EU-ETS reduced emissions between 0% and 1.5% per year | Green (2021b) |
| Review of studies of the effectiveness of EU-ETS | EU | Emissions regulated by EU-ETS fell by 3% in phase 1 and the first years in phase 2. Emissions by industrial firms reduced between 10% and 26% in phase 2 | Martin et al. (2016) | |
| Multi-country | EU sectoral emissions data between 2008 and 2016 | EU | The EU-ETS reduced emissions by 3.8% | Bayer and Aklin (2020) |
| CO2 emissions from fuel combustion between 2007 and 2017 | 142 countries | The average annual growth rate of CO2 emissions declines with 2% in countries with a carbon price | Best et al. (2020) | |
| Energy consumption | OECD countries | A 1€ increase in energy taxes reduces carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption by 0.73% | Sen and Vollebergh (2018) | |
| Single country | Evaluation of studies of effectiveness carbon tax | British Columbia, Canada | Carbon tax reduced emissions between 5% and 15% | Murray and Rivers (2015) |
| Monthly provincial gasoline consumption between 1990 and 2011 | British Columbia, Canada | A five-cent increase in the carbon tax causes gasoline demand to decline by 8.4% | Rivers and Schaufele (2015) | |
| Emissions from thermal power plant units between 2017–2018 in Germany and 2011–2018 in the UK | Germany and UK | A carbon price in Germany and the UK led to a respectively 10% and 31% carbon emission reductions | Gugler et al. (2021) | |
| Panel data set of power sector emissions between 2013 and 2017 | 21 EU countries, UK focus | The carbon tax reduced UK power sector emissions by 20% and 26% per year between 2013 and 2017 | Leroutier (2022) | |
| Panel data of power generation and associated emissions at the plant level between 2013 and 2016 | UK | The carbon tax reduced emissions between 2013 and 2016 by 6.2% | Abrell et al. (2022) | |
| Annual panel data on per capita CO2 emissions from transport between 1960 and 2005 | Sweden | The carbon tax reduced emissions by 6.3% on average per year | Andersson (2019) | |
| International transport | Panel data set of international product trade between countries and associated maritime trade emissions between 2004 and 2017 | Global, except landlocked countries | A 40$ carbon tax reduces CO2 emissions from maritime trade of heavy products by 7.65% | Mundaca et al. (2021) |
| Flights and associated emissions in Europe between 2010 and 2016 | EU | Inclusion in the EU-ETS in 2021 made airlines reduce emissions by 4.7% | Fageda and Teixidó (2022) | |
| Innovation | Low-carbon patenting registered by EU the European Patent Office between 1979 and 2009 | EU | The EU-ETS caused a significant increase in low-carbon patenting of 9.1% | Calel and Dechezleprétre (2016) |
| Firm-level panel database of clean 80 countries and dirty technology patents in the automotive industry between 1978 and 2005 | 80 countries | Firms innovate more in clean and less in dirty technologies with higher tax-inclusive fuel prices | Aghion et al. (2016) | |
| Patent data of different technology USA groups 1970–1994 | USA | An increase in energy prices increases patent applications clean technologies | Popp (2002) |
| Type/scale | Information & data sourcea | Countries | Finding | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review | Review of 37 ex post evaluations of the effectiveness of carbon pricing since 1990 | Global, but majority EU | Aggregate emissions reduction is between 0% and 2% per year. EU-ETS reduced emissions between 0% and 1.5% per year | Green ( |
| Review of studies of the effectiveness of EU-ETS | EU | Emissions regulated by EU-ETS fell by 3% in phase 1 and the first years in phase 2. Emissions by industrial firms reduced between 10% and 26% in phase 2 | Martin | |
| Multi-country | EU sectoral emissions data between 2008 and 2016 | EU | The EU-ETS reduced emissions by 3.8% | Bayer and Aklin ( |
| CO2 emissions from fuel combustion between 2007 and 2017 | 142 countries | The average annual growth rate of CO2 emissions declines with 2% in countries with a carbon price | Best | |
| Energy consumption | OECD countries | A 1€ increase in energy taxes reduces carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption by 0.73% | Sen and Vollebergh ( | |
| Single country | Evaluation of studies of effectiveness carbon tax | British Columbia, Canada | Carbon tax reduced emissions between 5% and 15% | Murray and Rivers ( |
| Monthly provincial gasoline consumption between 1990 and 2011 | British Columbia, Canada | A five-cent increase in the carbon tax causes gasoline demand to decline by 8.4% | Rivers and Schaufele ( | |
| Emissions from thermal power plant units between 2017–2018 in Germany and 2011–2018 in the UK | Germany and UK | A carbon price in Germany and the UK led to a respectively 10% and 31% carbon emission reductions | Gugler | |
| Panel data set of power sector emissions between 2013 and 2017 | 21 EU countries, UK focus | The carbon tax reduced UK power sector emissions by 20% and 26% per year between 2013 and 2017 | Leroutier ( | |
| Panel data of power generation and associated emissions at the plant level between 2013 and 2016 | UK | The carbon tax reduced emissions between 2013 and 2016 by 6.2% | Abrell | |
| Annual panel data on per capita CO2 emissions from transport between 1960 and 2005 | Sweden | The carbon tax reduced emissions by 6.3% on average per year | Andersson ( | |
| International transport | Panel data set of international product trade between countries and associated maritime trade emissions between 2004 and 2017 | Global, except landlocked countries | A 40$ carbon tax reduces CO2 emissions from maritime trade of heavy products by 7.65% | Mundaca |
| Flights and associated emissions in Europe between 2010 and 2016 | EU | Inclusion in the EU-ETS in 2021 made airlines reduce emissions by 4.7% | Fageda and Teixidó ( | |
| Innovation | Low-carbon patenting registered by EU the European Patent Office between 1979 and 2009 | EU | The EU-ETS caused a significant increase in low-carbon patenting of 9.1% | Calel and Dechezleprétre (2016) |
| Firm-level panel database of clean 80 countries and dirty technology patents in the automotive industry between 1978 and 2005 | 80 countries | Firms innovate more in clean and less in dirty technologies with higher tax-inclusive fuel prices | Aghion | |
| Patent data of different technology USA groups 1970–1994 | USA | An increase in energy prices increases patent applications clean technologies | Popp ( |
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