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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 …
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Preserving environmental quality and addressing economic inequality both feature prominently in public discourse. Neither of these two issues can be fully understood in isolation, and policies aiming at one issue will increasingly have to consider interactions with the other. We synthesize...
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also at dealing with local air and water pollution, waste management and the conservation of biodiversity. The laws that … management, construction and agriculture to encourage a transition towards a low-carbon economy. The government is committed to …
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either mitigate the health consequences of domestic pollution privately or reduce pollution collectively through public … ordinary citizens. The recognition that the health consequences of pollution can be dealt with privately at a cost adds an … private mitigation is feasible, inequality of incomes leads to an unequal distribution of the health burden of pollution (in …
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We consider positive and normative aspects of subsidizing work arrangements where subsidies are paid in time of low demand and reduced working hours so as to stabilize workers’ income. In a matching framework such an arrangement increases labor demand. Tightening eligibility to short-time work...
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domestic and foreign production of other goods. The optimal tax-subsidy scheme is based on an intuitive principle: Impose a …. Producers of renewables-based electricity should receive a subsidy to internalize their contribution to the reduction of global …
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-best outcomes. We also show there exists a range of subsidy rates that are welfare-enhancing when greenhouse gas externalities are …
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hourly production and emissions, and 3) a state-of-the-art air pollution model. The current subsidies lead to severe spatial …
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We estimate the causal effects of a pandemic-era wage subsidy program in Canada on job losses and business closures … changes in the wage subsidy rate. The estimated net wage elasticity of employment was 0.11, implying a small aggregate … employment effect of the program and an estimated fiscal cost per job saved of nearly $200,000 per year. Subsidy payments caused …
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-shot hiring subsidy targeted at low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy …
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