Protecting Lower Income Families While Fighting Global Warming

These comments highlight the distributional consequences of climate policy in the United States. The primary influence affecting the impact on households is the way that the value of emissions allowances is distributed in the economy. It is possible to fully compensate all low and moderate income families, leaving many households with net benefits under the policy.

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Date

March 12, 2009

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Dallas Burtraw

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Testimony and Public Comments

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