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Multiple Pollutants, Uncovered Sectors, and Suboptimal Environmental Policies
Fullerton, Don; Karney, Dan - CESifo - 2014
carbon tax on the quantity of sulfur dioxide emissions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877846
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Turkish Delight – Does Turkey’s accession to the EU bring economic benefits?
Lejour, Arjan M.; Mooij, Ruud A. de - CESifo - 2004
We explore the economic implications of the possible Turkish accession to the European Union. We focus on three main changes associated with Turkish membership: (i) accession to the internal European Market; (ii) institutional reforms in Turkey triggered by EU-membership; and (iii) migration in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005406168
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Carbon Leakage and Capacity-Based Allocations. Is the EU right?
Meunier, Guy; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre; Quirion, Philippe - CESifo - 2012
Two main approaches have been implemented in regional CO2 markets to address competitiveness and carbon leakage: output …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877645
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The Trade-off between Intra- and Intergenerational Equity in Climate Policy
Kverndokk, Snorre; Nævdal, Eric; Nøstbakken, Linda - CESifo - 2013
This paper focuses on two equity dimensions of climate policy, intra- and intergenerational, and analyzes the implications of equity preferences on climate policy, and on the production and consumption patterns in rich and poor countries. We develop a dynamic two-region model, in which each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877658
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Provision of a Public Good with Altruistic Overlapping Generations and Many Tribes
Karp, Larry S. - CESifo - 2012
Intergenerational altruism and contemporaneous cooperation are both important to the provision of long-lived public goods. Equilibrium climate protection may depend more sensitively on either of these considerations, depending on the type of policy rule one examines. This conclusion is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877869
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Oil Trade and Climate Policy
Curuk, Malik; Sen, Suphi - CESifo - 2015
It has been argued that a depletable resource owner might optimally increase near-term supply in response to environmental policies promoting the development of alternative resources, which might render climate policy ineffective or even counterproductive. This paper empirically confirms this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212075
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Can Lobbying Encourage Abatement? Designing a New Policy Instrument
Lange, Ian A.; Polborn, Sarah - CESifo - 2012
Taking a political economy perspective this paper proposes an alternative carbon abatement policy instrument with … significant advantages over existing policy instruments. The key feature of the proposed carbon securities is that they entitle … their owners to a fixed proportion of ex ante unknown total emissions. The total level of carbon emissions is set by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535631
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Did the Japanese Patient Follow the Doctor's Orders? Mostly no! A Public Choice Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Schemes in Japan before and after the Earthquake
Rudolph, Sven; Schneider, Friedrich - CESifo - 2011
, we ask what the political reasons for the failure of carbon markets in Japan are and how they can be overcome. We use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364314
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Should we be Worried about the Green Paradox? Announcement Effects of the Acid Rain Program
Maria, Corrado Di; Lange, Ian A.; Werf, Edwin van der - CESifo - 2012
This paper presents the first empirical test of the green paradox hypothesis, according to which well-intended but imperfectly implemented policies may lead to detrimental environmental outcomes due to supply side responses. We use the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the U.S. as a case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550833
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Taxes versus Cap-and-Trade in Climate Policy when only some Fuel Importers Abate
Strand, Jon - CESifo - 2010
blocs act strategically in fossil fuel markets. When the policy bloc sets a carbon tax, the fuel import price set by the … exporter is reduced, and more so when the policy bloc is larger. The carbon tax then serves to extract the exporter’s rent. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727280