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Co2 Emissions and GDP : Evidence from China
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria - 2019
This paper examines the relationship between the logarithms of CO2 emissions and real GDP in China by applying fractional integration and cointegration methods. The univariate results indicate that the two series are highly persistent, their orders of integration being around 2, whilst the...
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Pandemic Consumption
Bachmann, Rüdiger; Bayer, Christian; Kornejew, Martin - 2023
This paper examines how households adjusted their consumption behavior in response to COVID-19 infection risk during the early phase of the pandemic. We use a monthly consumption survey specifically designed by the German Statistical Office covering the second wave of COVID-19 infections from...
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Scarcity and Consumption Priorities
Dahan, Momi; Sayag, Doron - 2023
This paper focuses on whether households facing economic scarcity tend to change consumption priorities as measured by the share of spending on necessity goods relative to luxury goods in a large national supermarket chain in Israel for the years 2011–2018. Based on detailed weekly revenue...
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City Size, Pollution and Emission Policies
Pflüger, Michael - 2020
modelling of pollution and pollution abatement. We derive two key insights. First, if the national government implements a … permit system (equivalently, pollution taxes) that allow for emissions as in the first-best, cities chosen by local …-best emission policy and extensions to city asymmetries, a fiscal externality, local pollution, generalized commuting costs and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827112
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Does Telecommuting Reduce Commuting Emissions?
Marz, Waldemar; Sen, Suphi - 2021
monocentric urban model with household-level vehicle choice based on fuel efficiency. In the medium run, fewer trips lead to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323872
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Correcting Consumer Misperceptions About CO 2 Emissions
Imai, Taisuke; Pace, Davide Domenico; Schwardmann, Peter; … - 2022
Policy makers put great emphasis on the role of information about carbon emissions in achieving sustainable decisions by consumers. We conduct two studies to understand the optimal targeting of such information and its effects. First, we conduct an incentivized and representative survey among US...
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Consumption Patterns of Indebted Households : Unravelling the Relevance of Fiscal Policy
Afonso, António; Sá Fortes Leitão Rodrigues, Eduardo de - 2023
We have investigated the influence of fiscal instruments, notably taxes on income and government spending, on household … consumption in two different samples and two measures of household debt to provide a comprehensive analysis of the topic. We used … government spending or reduced taxes, in the presence of high indebtedness, actually discourage household consumption compared to …
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Is There a Green Dividend of National Redistribution?
Gürer, Eren; Weichenrieder, Alfons - 2022
CO2 emissions are disproportionately caused by more affluent consumers. In the political debate, this fact has triggered the demand for income redistribution and wealth taxes not only to reduce inequality but also to reduce CO2 emissions. This paper calculates the possible size of such a green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013427772
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Is There a Green Dividend of National Redistribution?
Gürer, Eren; Weichenrieder, Alfons J. - 2022
CO2 emissions are disproportionately caused by more affluent consumers. In the political debate, this fact has triggered the demand for income redistribution and wealth taxes not only to reduce inequality but also to reduce CO2 emissions. This paper calculates the possible size of such a green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014244019
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Short-term price effects of a carbon tax and implications for sectors competitiveness in small open economies
Gonne, Nicolas - 2010
Asymmetric climate policies are expected to distort the level-playing field regarding international trade, singularly to the detriment of small open economies. The paper develops a flexible method that provides essential input regarding the design of offsetting measures. It builds on...
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