Carbon Tax Swap for Corporate Rate Cut Could Boost GDP, Lower Deficit, Study Says

摘要

Taxing the carbon content of fossil fuels could allow Congress to significantly reduce corporate tax rates that act as a drag on the U.S. economy while also raising new revenue to address the federal budget deficit, according to a study issued Feb. 11 by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. But imposing a carbon tax-which could raise $1.2 trillion in new revenue over the next decade-would still pose a "significant distributional challenge" because carbon taxes tend to disproportionately hurt lower-income families, the study said.