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Measuring the Integration of Staple Food Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous Infrastructure and Cross Border Trade in the East African Community
Ihle, Rico; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von; Zorya, Sergiy - CESifo - 2011
This analysis employs cointegration methods and semiparametric regression in order to assess the integration of maize markets and the factors determining national and cross-national transmission of price signals in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use a rich dataset of 16 series of wholesale maize prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914284
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Unintended Detrimental Effects of Environmental Policy: The Green Paradox and Beyond
Werf, Edwin van der; Maria, Corrado Di - CESifo - 2011
Well-intended policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions may have unintended undesirable consequences. Recently, a large literature has emerged showing under what conditions this so-called ‘Green Paradox’ may occur. We review this literature and identify the key mechanisms behind...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024839
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Kyoto and Carbon Leakage: An Empirical Analysis of the Carbon Content of Bilateral Trade
Aichele, Rahel; Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - CESifo - 2011
Has the Kyoto Protocol induced carbon leakage? We conduct the first empirical ex-post evaluation of the Protocol. We derive a theoretical gravity equation for the CO2 content of trade, which accounts for intermediate inputs, both domestic and imported. The structure of our new panel database of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371350
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Unilateral Climate Policy, Asymmetric Backstop Adoption, and Carbon Leakage in a Two-Region Hotelling Model
Werf, Edwin van der - CESifo - 2010
We study backstop adoption and carbon dioxide emission paths in a two-region model with unilateral climate policy and non-renewable resource consumption. The regions have an equal endowment of the internationally tradable resource and a backstop technology. We first study the case of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572499
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Carbon Tariffs: An Analysis of the Trade, Welfare and Emission Effects
Larch, Mario; Wanner, Joschka - CESifo - 2014
restore competitiveness, avoid carbon leakage, and reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the effects of carbon tariffs on … massively shifted from these countries to industrialized countries and world carbon emissions decrease by 0.83 percent, with a … percent of the change on average, two thirds of the world reduction are due to the world scale effect. …
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Why are Firms that Export Cleaner? International Trade and CO2 Emissions
Forslid, Rikard; Okubo, Toshihiro; Ulltveit-Moe, Karen … - CESifo - 2014
This paper develops a model of trade and CO2 emissions with heterogenous firms, where firms make abatement investments and thereby have an impact on their level of emissions. The model shows that investments in abatements are positively related to firm productivity and firm exports. Emission...
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Total Costs and Budgetary Effects of Adaptation to Climate Change: An Assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - CESifo - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511596
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The Supply Side of CO2 with Country Heterogeneity
Hoel, Michael - CESifo - 2011
reasonable to interpret as the whole world. However, carbon taxes and other climate policies differ substantially across … from what one finds for a hypothetical world of identical countries. …
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Market Effects of Voluntary Climate Action by Firms: Evidence from the Chicago Climate Exchange
Gans, Will; Hintermann, Beat - CESifo - 2011
the profitability of participation in the world’s largest voluntary greenhouse gas mitigation program: the Chicago Climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021238
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Dark Clouds or Silver Linings? Knightian Uncertainty and Climate Change
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael; Glanemann, Nicole - CESifo - 2011
This paper examines the impact of Knightian uncertainty upon optimal climate policy through the prism of a continuous-time real option modelling framework. We analytically determine optimal intertemporal climate policies under ambiguity. Additionally, numerical simulations are provided to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009221550