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.