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Russo, Antonio - 2019

We estimate the marginal external congestion cost of motor-vehicle travel for Rome, Italy, using a methodology that accounts for hypercongestion (a situation where congestion decreases a roadâ€™s throughput). We show that the external cost â€“ even when roads are not hypercongested...

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Rational Drivers and the Choice between Congestion Tolls and Tradeable Permits : A Political Economy Model

Borger, Bruno De; Glazer, Amihai; Proost, Stef - 2021

People who anticipate the introduction of a policy can adapt their behavior, perhaps in ways that make the policy ineffective and exacerbate the problem to be addressed. This paper develops a political economy model to study strategic behavior related to the introduction of congestion policies,...

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How to Be a Good Forerunner in Carbon Neutral Trucking

Littlejohn, Christina; Proost, Stef - 2021

EU countries want to decarbonize their road freight transport quickly. Long-haul electric trucks are a promising technology. There are several competing designs but at present the trade-off is between e-trucks with very large batteries and e-trucks with a smaller battery but combined with...

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The child adoption marketplace: Parental preferences and adoption outcomes

Skidmore, Mark; Anderson, Gary; Eiswerth, Mark - 2011

In the United States child adoption costs vary considerably, ranging from no out-of-pocket expense to $50,000 or more. What are the underlying causes for the variability in child adoption expenses? While cost variability is widely acknowledged, the sources of the differentials have not been...

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Short-Time Work Subsidies in a Matching Model

Meier, Volker - 2019

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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Solar Rebound - The Unintended Consequences of Subsidies

Gautier, Axel - 2019

Many jurisdictions use net metering to record the power exchange between solar photovoltaic panels and the grid, thus valuing home production at the electricity retail rate. However, if over the billing period, production exceeds consumption, the surplus remains freely available for consumption....

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Optimal Energy Taxes and Subsidies under a Cost-Effective Unilateral Climate Policy : Addressing Carbon Leakage

Kruse-Andersen, Peter - 2019

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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Efficiency in Wholesale Electricity Markets : On the Role of Externalities and Subsidies

Bialek, Sylwia; Unel, Burcin - 2021

-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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Motivation Crowding in Peer Effects : The Effect of Solar Subsidies on Green Power Purchases

La Nauze, Andrea - 2021

I test whether economic incentives dampen peer effects in public-good settings. I study how a visible and subsidized contribution to a public good (installing solar panels) affects peer contributions that are neither subsidized nor visible (electing green power). Exploiting spatial variation in...

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How Effective are Hiring Subsidies to Reduce Long-Term Unemployment Among Prime-Aged Jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium

Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021

abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its … effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a triple difference methodology the hiring subsidy is shown to increase the job … at least a bachelor’s degree. However, the hiring subsidy mainly created temporary short-lived employment: eligible …

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