ABSTRACT

The article uses a dynamic political economy framework to contend that the adoption of a carbon pricing policy (CPP) is better understood as a process whereby policies are constructs embedded in both power dynamics and institutional frameworks. While an institutional perspective clarifies why Latin American nations have tended to enact carbon taxes over emission-trading systems, institutional-based explanations reach their limits once policymakers consider the design of a specific CPP. The article uses a Latin American resonance group to evidence the relevance of institutions, and then traces the stages of the policy process of the Mexican carbon tax to elucidate that the lack of ambitiousness of most CPPs results from the strategic calculations of actors with the ability and resolve to shape carbon prices, the emission-intensive, trade-exposed industries.

摘要

本文使用一个动态的政治经济学框架来论证碳定价政策 (CPP) 的采用更好地理解为一个过程，在这个过程中，政策被嵌入到权力动态和制度框架中。虽然制度角度阐明了为什么拉丁美洲国家倾向于对排放交易系统征收碳税，但一旦政策制定者考虑特定 CPP 的设计，基于制度的解释就会达到其极限。文章使用拉丁美洲共振组来证明制度的相关性，然后追溯墨西哥碳税政策过程的各个阶段，以阐明大多数 CPP 缺乏雄心壮志是由于具有能力和能力的参与者的战略计算。决心塑造碳价格、排放密集型、