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Are Compact Cities Environmentally Friendly?

Gaigné, Carl; Riou, Stéphane; Thisse, Jacques-François - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

There is a large consensus among international institutions and national governments to favor urban-containment policies - the compact city - as a way to improve the ecological performance of the urban system. This approach overlooks a fundamental fact: what matters for the ecological outcome of...

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Energy and Climate Change in China

Carraro, Carlo; Massetti, Emanuele - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper examines future energy and emissions scenarios in China generated by the Integrated Assessment Model WITCH. A Business-as-Usual scenario is compared with five scenarios in which Greenhouse Gases emissions are taxed, at different levels. The elasticity of China’s emissions is...

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Centralization and Accountability: Theory and Evidence from the Clean Air Act

Boffa, Federico; Piolatto, Amedeo; Ponzetto, Giacomo AM - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper studies fiscal federalism when regions differ in voters’ ability to monitor public officials. We develop a model of political agency in which rent-seeking politicians provide public goods to win support from heterogeneously informed voters. In equilibrium, voter information...

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Designing Carbon Taxation Schemes for Automobiles: A Simulation Exercise for Germany

Adamou, Adamos; Clerides, Sofronis; Zachariadis, Theodoros - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Vehicle taxation based on CO2 emissions is increasingly being adopted worldwide in order to shift consumer purchases to low-carbon cars, yet little is known about the effectiveness and overall economic impact of these schemes. We focus on feebate schemes, which impose a fee on high-carbon...

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Political Institutions, Environmental Policy and Growth

Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

We analyse the impact of micro-founded political institutions on environmental policy and economic growth. We model an overlapping-generations economy, where individuals differ in preferences over the environment (as well as in age). Labour taxation and capital taxation is used to finance a...

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What is the Top Priority on Climate Change?

Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

What should be the West's top priority for climate-change policy? This article is a revised and updated version of my talk to the Potsdam Global Sustainability Symposium (which drafted the Potsdam Declaration presented to the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference in Bali).

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Delayed Action and Uncertain Targets. How Much Will Climate Policy Cost?

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Sgobbi, Alessandra; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

. What additional economic cost of mitigation measures will this delay imply? At the same time, the uncertainty surrounding … this uncertainty cost? Is there a hedging strategy that decision makers can adopt to cope with delayed action and uncertain … computing the optimal abatement strategy in the presence of uncertainty about a global stabilisation target (which will be …

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Behind the GATE Experiment: Evidence on Effects of and Rationales for Subsidized Entrepreneurship Training

Fairlie, Robert W; Karlan, Dean S.; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

We use randomized program offers and multiple follow-up survey waves to examine the effects of entrepreneurship training on a broad set of outcomes. Training increases short run business ownership and employment, but there is no evidence of broader or longer run effects. We also test whether...

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Human Capital, Innovation, and Climate Policy: An Integrated Assessment

Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica; Tavoni, Massimo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational policies. Using recent empirical estimates, human capital and general purpose R&D are introduced in an integrated assessment model that has been extensively applied to study the...

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Incentives and Stability Of International Climate Coalitions: An Integrated Assessment

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

This paper analyses the incentives to participate in and the stability of international climate coalitions. Using the integrated assessment model WITCH, the analysis of coalitions’ profitability and stability is performed under alternative assumptions concerning the pure rate of time...

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