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Regulation of Location-Specific Externalities
Amundsen, Eirik S. - 2019
In this paper, we study regulation of externalities involving many small-scale polluters, where the damages from … such regulations should be designed and combined. We find that the optimal regulation design crucially depends on the type … technology regulation encourages cleaner technologies in high damage areas, but discourages their use in low damage areas …
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Alcohol Price Floors and Externalities: The Case of Fatal Road Crashes
Francesconi, Marco; James, Jonathan - 2022
In May 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum unit price on alcohol. We examine the impact of this policy on traffic fatalities and drunk driving accidents. Using administrative data on the universe of vehicle collisions in Britain and a range of quasi-experimental modeling approaches, we do not...
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Taxes on Unhealthy Food and Externalities in the Parental Choice of Children's Diet
Kalamov, Zarko; Runkel, Marco - 2019
This paper addresses the question whether taxes on unhealthy food are suitable for internalizing intergenerational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141038
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The Market for "Harmful Component-Free" Products under Pressure from the NGOs
Brécard, Dorothée; Chiroleu-Assouline, Mireille - 2020
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are exerting growing pressure on firms to eliminate product components (such as palm oil) that are harmful to the environment (such as rainforests) or replace such components with NGO-certified sustainable components. Under which conditions does NGO pressure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269459
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The Market for "Harmful Component-Free" Products Under Pressure from the NGOs
Brécard, Dorothée - 2020
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are exerting growing pressure on firms to eliminate product components (such as palm oil) that are harmful to the environment (such as rainforests) or replace such components with NGO-certified sustainable components. Under which conditions does NGO pressure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829326
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Too Slow a Change? Deep Habits, Consumption Shifts and Transitory Tax Policy
van den Bijgaart, Inge - 2018
determine the path of taxes or subsidies that implements first-best consumption, both when goods are produced competitively and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011815851
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Non-Cooperative and Cooperative Climate Policies with Anticipated Breakthrough Technology
Jaakkola, Niko; van der Ploeg, Rick - 2018
Global warming can be curbed by pricing carbon emissions and thus substituting fossil fuel with renewable energy consumption. Breakthrough technologies (e.g., fusion energy) can reduce the cost of such policies. However, the chance of such a technology coming to market depends on investment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872034
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Regulation of Location-Specific Externalities
Amundsen, Eirik S.; Hansen, Lars Gårn; … - 2018
In this paper, we study regulation of externalities involving many small-scale polluters, where the damages from … such regulations should be designed and combined. We find that the optimal regulation design crucially depends on the type … technology regulation encourages cleaner technologies in high damage areas, but discourages their use in low damage areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011957185
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Why does environmental policy in representative democracies tend to be inadequate? A preliminary public choice analysis
Kollmann, Andrea; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2010
There is a widespread consensus among the most important players in developed countries (voters, politicians, producers, traditional and green interest groups and bureaucracies) that a shift towards an eco-social market economy is essential for sustainable growth. Nevertheless, market-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276730
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Kill Bill or Tax: An Analysis of Alternative CO2 Price Floor Options for EU Member States
Böhringer, Christoph; Fischer, Carolyn - 2020
Several EU member states are exploring options for setting minimum domestic carbon prices within the EU Emission Trading System (ETS). First, a "TAX" policy would introduce a carbon tax equal to the difference between the prevailing ETS price and the targeted minimum price. Second, a national...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314918