Carbon Pricing in Japan.

• Superior document: Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific Series
• Author: Arimura, Toshi H.
• TeilnehmendeR: Matsumoto, Shigeru.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2020.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- 1 Expectations for Carbon Pricing in Japan in the Global Climate Policy Context -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Global Trend of Carbon Pricing -- 2.1 Carbon Pricing Initiatives in the World -- 2.2 Lessons Learned from Advanced Carbon Pricing Initiatives -- 2.3 The Current Status of Effective Carbon Rates -- 3 The Current Status of Carbon Pricing in Japan -- 3.1 The Current Carbon Pricing Initiatives in Japan -- 3.2 The Current Sectoral Effective Carbon Rates in Japan -- 4 Expectations for Carbon Pricing in Japan -- 4.1 Discussion on Required Price Level -- 4.2 Careful Consideration for Revenue Recycling -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Climate Policy in the Commercial Sector: A Survey of Commercial Buildings in Japan -- 1 Commercial Sector's Position in Japan's NDC -- 2 Japan's Energy and Climate Change Policies in the Commercial Sector -- 3 How Can Energy Efficiency Be Promoted in Office Buildings? -- 4 Survey of Office Buildings in Japan -- 4.1 Overview of the Survey -- 4.2 Survey Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Climate Policy in Household Sector -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Energy Consumption Among Japanese Households -- 2.1 Characteristics of Japanese Households: International Comparison -- 2.2 Historical Change in Household Energy Consumption -- 2.3 Electric Appliance Ownership -- 2.4 Electric Appliance Usage -- 3 Energy Conservation Measures -- 3.1 Energy Price and Carbon Pricing -- 3.2 Policy Measures to Improve Appliance Energy Efficiency -- 3.3 Policy Measures to Improve Housing Energy Efficiency -- 3.4 Support for Solar Panel Installation -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Climate Policy in Transportation Sector: Role of Carbon Pricing -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ECR on Automobiles in Japan -- 2.1 Automobile Tax System -- 2.2 Actual ECR After Consideration of the Tax System.

3 Cost-Benefit of EVs in Japan -- 3.1 Construction Cost for Fast Chargers -- 3.2 GHG Emission Reduction -- 3.3 Opportunity Cost of Recharging Time -- 3.4 Total Net Benefit of EVs -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 5 Climate Policy in Power Sector: Feed-in Tariff and Carbon Pricing -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Outline -- 2 Generation Efficiency and Carbon Tax -- 2.1 Generation Efficiency -- 2.2 Effect of Carbon Tax -- 2.3 Summary: Generation Efficiency and Carbon Tax -- 3 Feed-in Tariff and Carbon Tax -- 3.1 Feed-in Tariff -- 3.2 Carbon Tax -- 3.3 Combination of Feed-in Tariff and Carbon Tax -- 4 Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 6 An Empirical Study of the Tokyo Emissions Trading Scheme: An Ex Post Analysis of Emissions from University Buildings -- 1 Introduction -- 2 ETS Literature Review -- 2.1 Impact on Emission Reductions -- 2.2 Economic Impacts -- 3 Tokyo ETS -- 3.1 Targets, Caps, and Compliance Periods -- 3.2 Transition of GHG Emissions and the Calculation of Indirect Emissions -- 3.3 Credits and Compliance Methods -- 4 Rolling Blackouts and Power-Saving Orders -- 5 Data -- 5.1 Mail Survey of Universities in Japan -- 5.2 Electricity Price Data -- 6 Econometric Model and Estimation Results -- 6.1 Econometric Model -- 6.2 Empirical Results -- 6.3 Discussion -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Target-Setting Emissions Trading Program in Saitama Prefecture: Impact on CO2 Emissions in the First Compliance Period -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background to the TSET Program -- 3 Research Design -- 4 Data -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Energy Consumption in Transition: Evidence from Facility-Level Data -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data Description -- 3 Overall Trend in Energy-Intensive Sectors -- 4 Estimation Model and Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References.

9 An Assessment of Carbon Taxation by Input-Output Analysis: Upstream or Downstream? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of Environmental Input-Output Analysis in Japan -- 3 Input-Output Model -- 4 Summary of IONGES -- 5 Structural CO2 Emissions of Renewable Energy -- 6 Analysis of the Carbon Taxation Method -- 7 Discussion -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- 10 The Competitiveness Issue of the Japanese Economy Under Carbon Pricing: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of 2050 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Model and Data -- 3 Simulation Scenarios -- 4 Simulation Results -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 11 The Economic Effects of Equalizing the Effective Carbon Rate of Sectors: An Input-Output Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Existing Literature -- 3 Energy Related Taxes -- 4 Model and Data -- 4.1 Model -- 4.2 Simulation Scenario -- 4.3 Data -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Effective Carbon Rate -- 5.2 Cost Increase Due to Carbon Tax (¥289/t-CO2) -- 5.3 Cost Increase Due to Increasing the Effective Carbon Rate -- 5.4 Comparison of the Two Simulations -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Inequalities in the Impact of the Carbon Tax in Japan -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data -- 3 Analysis -- 3.1 Historical Changes in Household Energy Expenditure -- 3.2 Historical Change in Household Energy Consumption -- 3.3 Comparison of Energy Consumption Across Regions -- 3.4 Household Income and Energy Consumption -- 3.5 Household Characteristics and Energy Consumption -- 4 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 13 Double Dividend of the Carbon Tax in Japan: Can We Increase Public Support for Carbon Pricing? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Dynamic CGE Model for the 2050 Long-Term Target and the Results -- 2.1 A CGE Model -- 2.2 Scenarios -- 2.3 Simulation Results -- 3 Double Dividend Through Corporate Tax Reduction -- 3.1 Analysis Method.

3.2 Impacts of the Corporate Tax Reduction Under a Carbon Tax on the Selected Sectors -- 3.3 Discussion on the Corporate Tax Reduction -- 4 Revenue Recycling to Households Through the Social Insurance System -- 4.1 Significance of Revenue Recycling to Households: Viewpoint of Labor Market Efficiency -- 4.2 Revenue Recycling Through the National Pension System -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Concluding Remarks and Future Directions -- Toshi H. Arimura &amp -- Shigeru Matsumoto -- Summary and Findings -- Policy Implications and Messages for the Government -- Future Directions -- References -- Index.