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Multiple Pollutants, Uncovered Sectors, and Suboptimal Environmental Policies

Fullerton, Don; Karney, Dan - CESifo - 2014

In our analytical general equilibrium model where two polluting inputs can be substitutes or complements in production, we study the effects of a tax on one pollutant in two cases: one where both pollutants face taxes and the second where the other pollutant is subject to a permit policy. In...

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How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries' Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits

Parry, Ian; Veung, Chandara; Heine, Dirk - CESifo - 2014

This paper calculates, for the top twenty emitting countries, how much pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is in their own national interests due to domestic co-benefits. On average, nationally efficient prices are substantial, $57.5 per ton of CO2 (for year 2010), reflecting primarily...

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International Climate Agreements, Cost Reductions and Convergence of Partisan Politics

Laurency, Patrick; Schindler, Dirk - CESifo - 2011

In recent years, differences between traditional and green parties have been leveled with respect to climate protection. We show that this partial convergence in party platforms can be explained by international climate agreements, effectively reducing greenhouse gas emissions. We set up a...

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Economy Wide Impact of the Trade Integration between Japan and India: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Bhattacharyay, Biswa Nath; Mukhopadhyay, Kakali - CESifo - 2013

Japan and India signed the much-awaited Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on 16th February 2011. The CEPA will eliminate tariff on goods that account for 94% of their two way trade over ten years and will boost bilateral trade and investment. Indian exports which were subject...

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Roles of Social Conformity in Deviance in Poverty: A Study on Working Poverty and Educational Investment in Bangladesh

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N.; Gangopadhyay, Partha; Rahman, … - CESifo - 2013

In recent decades the Indian subcontinent has displayed remarkable invariance in the incidence of working poverty despite strong economic performance. It is widely held that education can rescue households from various types of poverty traps created by information problems and incorrect...

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Catastrophic Medical Expenditure Risk

Flores, Gabriela; O'Donnell, Owen - CESifo - 2013

Medical expenditure risk can pose a major threat to living standards. We derive decomposable measures of catastrophic medical expenditure risk from reference-dependent utility with loss aversion. We propose a quantile regression based method of estimating risk exposure from cross-section data...

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Understanding the Latest Wave and Future Shape of Regional Trade and Cooperation Agreements in Asia

Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - CESifo - 2006

Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high … growth rates, Asia is still facing considerable socio-economic challenges. If Asia is to reemerge as a major power in the … region’s economies more integrated regionally and internationally. Following the recent global trend, Asia witnessed a wave …

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Will Skyscrapers Save the Planet? Building Height Limits and Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Borck, Rainald - CESifo - 2014

This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate housing consumption may decrease which reduces emissions...

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A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on European Agriculture

Passel, Steven Van; Massetti, Emanuele; Mendelsohn, Robert - CESifo - 2014

This research estimates the impact of climate on European agriculture using a continental scale Ricardian analysis. Climate, soil, geography and regional socio-economic variables are matched with farm level data from 37,612 farms across Western Europe. We demonstrate that a median quantile...

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The Green Paradox in Open Economies

Long, Ngo Van - CESifo - 2014

This paper explains how, in the context of incomplete coordination among all countries, unilateral policies that might at first sight seem pro-green could actually turn out to harm the global environment. The free-riding motives and the difficulty of reaching an effective international...

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