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Climate change economics mostly neglects sizeable interactions of carbon pricing with other fiscal policy instruments. Conversely, public finance typically overlooks the effects of future decarbonization efforts when devising instruments for the major goals of fiscal policy. We argue that such a...
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policies redistribute wealth between consumers and producers, and within these groups. While redistribution is seldom the focus … the redistribution effects of two major electricity policies: support schemes for renewable energy sources, and CO2 … pricing. We find that the redistribution effects of both policies are large, and they work in opposed directions: while …
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proposed among others by Barrett (2001) and Benedick (2001) – is based on the insight that incentives to free-ride are much …, the absence of incentives to free ride) of the coalition that would form when countries negotiate on climate …
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+ (REDD+) scheme as a contractual relationship between countries in the light of the theory of incentives. Considering …
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We study the problem of an investor that buys an equity stake in an entrepreneurial venture, under the assumption that the former cannot monitor the latter’s operations. The dynamics implied by the optimal incentive scheme is rich and quite different from that induced by other models of...
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This paper analyses whether different emissions trading regimes provide different incentives to participate in a … designing the emission trading regime, it is possible to enhance the incentives to participate in a climate agreement. Therefore …
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since the year 2000, as a result of a change in the incentives for both private agents and bureaucrats. …
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crucial to prioritise participation incentives for all countries, especially those without explicit or with insufficient … abatement targets. This paper offers a bottom-up game-theoretic perspective on participation incentives. Rather than focusing on … issue linkage, transfers or burden sharing as tools to enhance the incentives to participate in a climate agreement, this …
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, where free-riding incentives are strong. Is a minimum participation rule a way to offset these free-riding incentives? Why …
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regulatory incentives in exchange for site cleanup. This paper asks three questions: First, what type of properties are attracted … to voluntary cleanup programs? Second, what is the interaction between these state programs and other incentives for … participation are the size of the parcel and whether the surrounding land use is primarily residential, while other incentives have …
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