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    "link": "https://github.com/g-dolphin/ECP",
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    "additionalInfo": "\nThe World Carbon Pricing Database covers national and subnational economic mechanisms relating to carbon emissions from 1990 onwards. It was developed from several key sources: most notably, policy documents from countries and regions themselves. Secondly, from other sources such as the International Carbon Action Partnership.\n\nThe dataset primarily focuses on economic instruments targeting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. In some cases these instruments also cover other greenhouse gases. However, any pricing mechanisms that target non-CO2 gases (such as methane or nitrous oxide) specifically, are not included.\n\nA country is considered to have a carbon tax or emissions trading system if at least one IPCC sector or gas is covered by the instrument. These instruments do not need to cover all sectors within the economy for this to apply.\n\nFor each country, researchers calculate an emissions-weighted carbon price for the economy. To do this, they rely on two metrics:\n\n- Carbon prices applied at the sectoral level (e.g. electricity, or road transport)\n- Each sector\u2019s contribution to a country\u2019s CO2 emissions (e.g. what percentage of a country\u2019s emissions come from electricity, or road transport)\nThey then weight each sector\u2019s carbon price by the relevant sector\u2019s contribution to CO2 emissions, and aggregate these figures to get an economy-wide weighted carbon price.\n\nA full technical note on this methodology is provided by the authors [here](https://www.rff.org/publications/working-papers/emissions-weighted-carbon-price-sources-and-methods/).\n",
    "dataPublishedBy": "Dolphin, G., Pollitt, M. and Newbery, D. 2020. The political economy of carbon pricing: a panel analysis. Oxford Economic Papers 72(2): 472-500."
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