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This paper examines the relative merits of two dominant economic instruments for reducing pollution—”green” taxes and … other. In practice, however, most countries have relied more on taxes than on permits to control pollution. The analysis …
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sector and that its rapid growth is now mostly driven by China. Our econometric results suggest that green investment is …
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reductions in net carbon emissions; technological innovation, and increased energy security. The latter part of the paper centers … justified, relative to other means to increase energy security and reduce carbon emissions. We also find an excessive emphasis …
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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...
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This paper calculates, for the top twenty emitting countries, how much pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is in … pollution at coal plants and, in some cases, reductions in automobile externalities (net of fuel taxes/subsidies). Pricing co …-benefits reduces CO2 emissions from the top twenty emitters by 13.5 percent (a 10.8 percent reduction in global emissions). However, co …
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This paper analyzes spillovers from macroeconomic shocks in systemic economies (China, the Euro Area, and the United … Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and MENA oil exporters to the rest of the world. This analysis is based on a Global Vector … developments in China than to shocks in the Euro Area or the United States, in line with the direction of evolving trade patterns …
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This paper focuses on the Medium-Term Development Program for the Kyrgyz Republic. The aim of this program is to put the economy of the country into a sustainable vector of development and improve the budget status to prevent social effects, increase living standard, and reduce poverty in the...
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This strategic paper discusses Ethiopia’s growth and transformation plan (GTP) for the periods 2010/2011 and 2014/2015. The Ethiopian government’s main development agenda has been poverty eradication. The government has designed, and is implementing, strategies, policies, and plans...
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This paper examines the environmental effects of mineral taxes in a framework that recognizes the importance of rates and cumulative externalities and proposes an appropriate corrective tax. It concludes that mineral resources taxation should combine neutral taxes with a dynamic Pigovian type...
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Gasoline and diesel fuel are heavily taxed in many developed and some emerging and developing countries. Outside of the United States and Europe, however, there has been little attempt to quantify the external costs of vehicle use, so policymakers lack guidance on whether prevailing tax rates...
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