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Analysis of Public Subsidies to the Solar Energy Sector : Corruption and the Role of Institutions
Moliterni, Fabio - 2017
This study investigates the connection between rent-seeking behaviour, corruption activity and quality of institutions … seems to have generated a growth of corruption activity, arisen from the opportunity of rent extraction. In particular … concentrated and administrative procedures are more complicated. To determine the causal effect of the subsidies on corruption, the …
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Analysis of Public Subsidies to the Solar Energy Sector: Corruption and the Role of Institutions
Moliterni, Fabio - 2017
This study investigates the connection between rent-seeking behaviour, corruption activity and quality of institutions … seems to have generated a growth of corruption activity, arisen from the opportunity of rent extraction. In particular … concentrated and administrative procedures are more complicated. To determine the causal effect of the subsidies on corruption, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816736
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Does social interaction make bad policies even worse? : evidence from renewable energy subsidies
Inhoffen, Justus; Siemroth, Christoph; Zahn, Philipp - 2016
Minimum prices above the market level can lead to ineffcient production and oversupply. We investigate whether this effect is even more pronounced when decision makers are influenced by their social environment. Using data of minimum prices for renewable energy production in Germany, we analyze...
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Optimal subsidies for residential solar
Colas, Mark; Saulnier, Emmett - 2023 - This Version: August 2023
We study the spatial misallocation resulting from subsidies for residential solar panels in the US and quantify the associated environmental costs. We build a structural model of solar panel demand and electricity production across the country and estimate the model by combining 1) remotely...
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Subsidy Regulation in WTO Law : Some Implications for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy
Marhold, Anna-Alexandra - 2017
This contribution discusses WTO subsidies disciplines in the context of the energy sector. After laying out the relevant disciplines, it will discuss the paradox of WTO law with respect to subsidies towards fossil fuels vis-à-vis those towards renewable energy. It is clear that subsidies on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125055
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The political economy of stranded assets : climate policies, investments and the role of elections
Hagen, Achim; Kollenbach, Gilbert - 2024
can use a high subsidy to reduce or even avoid potentially stranded assets in the next period. With endogenous reelection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486660
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World Trade Organization, Renewable Energy Subsidies and the Case of Feed-In Tariffs : Time for Reform Toward Sustainable Development?
Farah, Paolo Davide; Cima, Elena - 2016
Renewable energy subsidies are crucial for combatting climate change, and yet the world’s international legal … infrastructure is not designed to accommodate such subsidies. The world needs a renewable energy sector to develop and implement the … against each other: cultivation of renewable energy and prevention of unfair trade practices. The World Trade Organization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014130983
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Global Energy Trends and Their Implications for Russia : A Pathway to the New Energy Wave
Kyzyngasheva, E. - 2016
Despite the success of many countries in increasing energy saving and energy efficiency, the global energy consumption is expected to continue its growth. The main reasons are economic development and population growth happening primarily in developing and emerging economies, especially in India...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986862
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Renewable energy support through feed-in tariffs : a retrospective stakeholder analysis
Hashemi, Majid; Jenkins, Glenn P.; Milne, Frank - 2023
This study develops a generalized evaluation framework that can be used to quantify the financial, economic, stakeholder, and environmental impacts of renewable energy support programs. The application of this framework is demonstrated by evaluating the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program for solar...
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A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014
Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...
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