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Carbon prices are redundant in the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package

Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf - 2018

In June 2018, an agreement between key EU institutions - the Commission, the European Parliament, and the European Council - was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a comprehensive assessment of the EU package, with its...

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Unveiling the energy price tag : assessing the degree of regressivity of household energy expenditures among European countries

Ackermann, Ivan; Radulescu, Doina - 2024

characteristics, such as house-hold size or socio-economic status, contribute to a more even distribution of energy expenditures in …

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Differences in euro-area household finances and their relevance for monetary-policy transmission

Hintermaier, Thomas; Koeniger, Winfried - 2018

prices in the four largest economies in the euro area: France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. We first calibrate a life … portfolios, observed in the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) for these countries. We then show that the … heterogeneity in household finances implies that responses of consumption to changes in the real interest rate and in house prices …

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Small and medium sized European firms and energy efficiency measures : a probit analysis

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Donati, Cristiana; Spagnolo, … - 2022

This paper investigates the factors (such as different sources of financing, energy audits and internal monitoring activities) affecting the propensity of European small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt energy efficiency measures (EEMs). For this purpose, a Probit model is estimated...

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Spend-and-tax : a panel data investigation for the EU

Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2009

-and-tax causality for Italy, France, Spain, Greece, and Portugal, while tax-and-spend evidence is present for Germany, Belgium, Austria …

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Bootstrap panel Granger-causality between government budget and external deficits for the EU

Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2009

We investigate the existence of Granger-causality between current account and government budget balances over the period 1970-2007, for different EU and OECD country groupings. We use the panel-data approach of Kónya (2006), which is based on SUR systems and Wald tests with country specific...

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Liberalizing Russian gas markets : an economic analysis

Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Hallre, Hilde; Moe, Arild - 2015

The Russian gas market is highly regulated. In this paper we examine possible impacts of regulatory changes on the demand side of this market. In particular, we consider the effects on Russian energy consumers of removing natural gas subsidies, and how changes in Russian gas consumption may...

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The optimal energy mix in power generation and the contribution from natural gas in reducing carbon emissions to 2030 and beyond

Carraro, Carlo; Tavoni, Massimo; Longden, Thomas; … - 2013 - First Draft: September 2013

This paper analyses a set of new scenarios for energy markets in Europe to evaluate the consistency of economic incentives and climate objectives. It focuses in particular on the role of natural gas across a range of climate policy scenarios (including the Copenhagen Pledges and the EU Roadmap)...

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The energy community and the grid

Gautier, Axel; Jacqmin, Julien; Poudou, Jean-Christophe - 2023

Renewable energy communities involve various agents who decide to jointly invest in renewable production units and storage. This paper examines how these communities interact with the energy system and can decrease its overall cost. First, we show that a renewable energy community can contribute...

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Wealth inequality and homeownership in Europe

Kaas, Leo; Kocharkov, Georgi; Preugschat, Edgar - 2015

The recently published Household Finance and Consumption Survey has revealed large differences in wealth inequality …

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