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Who's Going Green and Why? Trends and Determinants of Green Investment
Eyraud, Luc; Zhang, Changchang; Wane, Abdoul Aziz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401202
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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany
Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605334
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Petroleum Product Subsidies; Costly, Inequitable, and On the Rise
Piotrowski, John M.; Coady, David; Tyson, Justin; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Petroleum product subsidies have again started to increase with the rebound in international prices. This note reviews recent developments in subsidy levels and argues that reforming the policy framework for setting petroleum product prices is necessary to reduce the fiscal burden of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245860
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Importer and Producer Petroleum Taxation; A Geo-Political Model
Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
We derive non-cooperative Nash equilibrium (NE) importer and exporter petroleum excise taxes given full within-group tax coordination, but no coordination between groups, assuming that importers do not produce and exporters do not consume petroleum, and petroleum consumption causes a global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604867
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Climate Policy and the Recovery
Keen, Michael; Jones, Benjamin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790462
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Reforming the Tax System to Promote Environmental Objectives; An Application to Mauritius
Parry, Ian W.H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Fiscal instruments are potentially among the most effective, and cost-effective, options for addressing externalities related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius (a pioneer in the use of green taxes) to illustrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151204
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Indirect Taxeson International Aviation
Strand, Jon; Keen, Michael - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper examines the case for internationally coordinated indirect taxes on aviation (as a source of general revenue-not (necessarily) as a source of development finance). The case for such taxes is strong: the tax burden on international aviation is currently limited, yet it contributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769201
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Asia Rising; A Sectoral Perspective
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
finds that Asia's remarkable output growth over the past 40 years reflected both high investment, and rapid productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826110
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What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?
Kinoshita, Yuko; Guo, Fang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
towards non-regular employment despite women’s high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … Korea to increase FLFP by type (i.e., regular vs. non-regular employment), using the SVAR model. In so doing, we compare … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242431
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Energy Subsidies and Energy Consumption; A Cross-Country Analysis
Charap, Joshua; Silva, Arthur Ribeiro da; Rodriguez, Pedro C - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The economic and environmental implications of energy subsidies have received renewed attention from policymakers and economists in recent years. Nevertheless there remains significant uncertainty regarding the magnitude of the impact of energy subsidies on energy consumption. In this paper we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242222