The economic cost of a carbon tax on the personal computer market

The environmental cost of production-the impacts of effluents such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air particulates, and water pollutants-on society and the environment is a growing global concern for governments, corporations, and consumers. Proposed regulatory schemes seek to address many of these environmental problems by imposing policies to internalize the environmental costs associated with production-such as a tax on the emissions of carbon dioxide, or a carbon tax. But businesses lack a framework that provides a quick and easy way to analyze the effect that changing environmental cost structures may have on corporate business strategy.