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and social welfare. We use an analytical model to assess the conditions under which such subsidies increase efficiency of … wholesale energy and capacity markets. While the subsidies, even when combined with energy consumption taxes, cannot achieve …We evaluate the effects of homogeneous subsidies granted for emission-free electricity generation on market outcomes …
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We analyze welfare implications of policies promoting environmentally friendly vehicles employing rich Swiss micro … only slightly decrease. In contrast, subsidies support EV uptake, and lead to a more pronounced emission reduction. Both …
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The paper analyzes the problem of achieving a target path of emission reductions in the electricity sector, using a scheme of tradable green certificates (TGC). There are two types of generation, renewable and fossil. The latter causes the emissions. The paper also examines effects from emission...
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Instruments chosen to pursue climate related targets are not always efficient. In this paper we consider an economy with three climate related targets for its electricity generation: a given share of "green" electricity, a given expansion of "green" electricity, and a given reduction of "black"...
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find that, when choosing optimal tax policy, the failure to account for the market structure results in a welfare loss of 1 … regime, departures from the social optimum can be compensated by lower and less regressive income taxes than those obtained …
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We investigate the sources, scope, and implications of landowner market power. We show how zoning regulations generate spillovers through increased markups and derive conditions under which restricting landownership concentration reduces rents. Using newbuilding-level data from New York City, we...
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environmental taxes. We solve for the market equilibrium abstracting from public abatement and taxes and show that the ecological … compares the stationary distributions for environmental quality and individuals’ welfare arising under the unmanaged economy …
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We study the environmental and economic effects of public abatement in the presence of multiple stable steady-state ecological equilibria. Under shallow-lake dynamics (SLD), the isocline for the stock of pollution features two stable branches, a good and a bad one. Assuming that the ecology is...
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-congruence of objectives between firms and financiers on the one hand and social welfare maximization on the other. Our results … the probability of accident, and allowing the social welfare maximizing government to impose a lower liability [higher …
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We develop a simple model of managing a system subject to pollution damage under risk of an abrupt and random jump in the damage coefficient. The model allows the full dynamic characterization of the optimal emission policies under uncertainty. The results, that imply prudent behavior due to...
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