Luxury-focused carbon taxation is an underexplored approach to climate policy. We test it internationally and find that it is generally fairer with respect to emissions abatements and financial burden across the income spectrum of households. (IMAGE)

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Luxury-focused carbon taxation is an underexplored approach to climate policy. We test it internationally and find that it is generally fairer with respect to emissions abatements and financial burden across the income spectrum of households.

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Luxury-focused carbon taxation is an underexplored approach to climate policy. We test it internationally and find that it is generally fairer with respect to emissions abatements and financial burden across the income spectrum of households.

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One Earth / Oswald et al.

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