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Extending the Limits of the Abatement Cost
Meunier, Guy; Ponssard, Jean-Pierre - 2022
The paper examines the relevant cost benefit framework for public authorities investigating the potential of local projects to mitigate climate change. Because these projects are typically limited in time and space, continuation pathways need be introduced to capture the benefits provided by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266672
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Extending the Limits of the Abatement Cost
Meunier, Guy; Ponssard, Jean Pierre - 2022
The paper examines the relevant cost benefit framework for public authorities investigating the potential of local projects to mitigate climate change. Because these projects are typically limited in time and space, continuation pathways need be introduced to capture the benefits provided by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291706
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Heterogeneous Substitutability Preferences
Drupp, Moritz A.; Meya, Jasper N.; Bos, Björn; Disque, … - 2024
We study the heterogeneity of preferences regarding the limited substitutability of environmental public goods vis-a-vis private consumption goods and how it affects the economic valuation of environmental public goods. We show theoretically that mean marginal willingness to pay for an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015047280
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The demands for environmental regulation and for trade in the presence of private mitigation
Hotte, Louis; Winer, Stanley L. - 2008
equilibrium of a small open economy where the environment is an input to production. Differences in the ability of individuals to … role in the determination of collective choices with respect to the regulation of the environment and of trade. We conclude … by drawing out the implications of the analysis for the study of the political economy of the environment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264525
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Inequality and the Environment: The Economics of a Two-Headed Hydra
Drupp, Moritz A.; Kornek, Ulrike; Meya, Jasper N.; … - 2021
consider interactions with the other. We synthesize theoretical mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment interlinkages … appraisal. We argue that it is crucial to consider inequality-environment interlinkages even if one’s primarily concern is one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799747
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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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Transboundary Pollution Control with Both Production and Consumption Emissions
Haruna, Shoji; Goel, Rajeev K. - 2023
transboundary pollution to analyze the effects of trade liberalization on economic performance under two types of pollution. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469689
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Fiscal divergence and current account imbalances in Europe
Schnabl, Gunther; Wollmershäuser, Timo - 2013
Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods System diverging current account positions in Europe have prevailed. While the Southern and Western European countries have tended to run current account deficits, the current accounts of the Central and Northern European countries, in particular Germany,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291505
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Optimal regulation of auditing
Pagano, Marco; Immordino, Giovanni - 2007
We study regulation of the auditing profession in a model where audit quality is unobservable and enforcing regulation is costly. The optimal audit standard falls short of the first-best audit quality, and is increasing in the riskiness of firms and in the amount of funding they seek. The model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264117
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The Effect of Regulatory Harmonization on Cross-border Labor Migration: Evidence from the Accounting Profession
Bloomfield, Matthew J.; Brüggemann, Ulf; Christensen, … - 2015
The paper examines whether international regulatory harmonization increases cross-border labor migration. To study this question, we analyze European Union (EU) initiatives that harmonized accounting and auditing standards. Regulatory harmonization should reduce economic mobility barriers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431204