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Wood-based bioenergy
Hoel, Michael; Sletten, Thea Marcelia - 2014
During recent years increased attention has been given to second-generation wood-based bioenergy. The carbon stored in the forest is highest when there is little or no harvest from the forest. Increasing the harvest from a forest, in order to produce more bioenergy, may thus conflict with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256154
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Optimal taxation of externalities interacting through markets : a theoretical general equilibrium analysis
Ren, Xiaolin; Fullerton, Don; Braden, John B. - 2010
This study develops a theoretical general equilibrium model to examine optimal externality tax policy in the presence of externalities linked to one another through markets rather than technical production relationships. Analytical results reveal that the second-best externality tax rate may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008749027
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Impact of formal climate risk transfer mechanisms on risk-aversion : empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia
Haile, Kaleab K.; Nillesen, Eleonora; Tirivayi, Nyasha - 2019
insurance (WICI) in Ethiopia. We use an endogenous switching (ESP) model to address self-selection and simultaneity bias …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030673
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De-fueling externalities : causal effects of fuel taxation and mediating mechanisms for delivering climate and health benefits
Basaglia, Pier; Behr, Sophie M.; Drupp, Moritz A. - 2023 - This version: July 2023
reductions in external damages are health benefits, highlighting the importance of accounting for co-pollution impacts of carbon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014295072
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Smart cap
Karp, Larry S.; Traeger, Christian - 2021
We introduce a "smart" cap and trade system that eliminates the welfare costs of asymmetric information (“uncertainty”). This cap responds endogenously to technology or macroeconomic shocks, relying on the market price of certificates to aggregate information. It allows policy makers to...
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Public transport and urban pollution
Borck, Rainald - 2017
The paper studies the effect of public transport policies on urban pollution. It uses a quantitative equilibrium model … with residential choice and mode choice. Pollution comes from commuting and residential energy use. The model parameters … transport coupled with increasing transit speed affects the equilibrium. In the baseline simulation, total pollution falls by 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717025
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Optimal stabilization in an emission permits market
Gerlagh, Reyer; Wan, Roweno J.R.K - 2018
We develop a 2-period emission trading model for a stock pollutant with demand shocks resolving over time. We find precise conditions for efficiency of a stabilization mechanism where cumulative available permits decrease with excess supply in early periods. Our model describes the stabilization...
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Decentralized environmental regulations and plant-level productivity
Ghosal, Vivek; Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan F. - 2018
regulated due to its historically large contribution to air and water pollution. Our paper contributes to the broader empirical … and enforcement. Our key findings are: (1) prudential regulation limits expansion of plants with high initial pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906240
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Prices versus quantities reassessed
Karp, Larry S.; Traeger, Christian - 2018
"Prices versus quantities" (Weitzman 1974), a hugely influential paper, is widely cited (and taught) in current debates about the best policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The paper's criterion for ranking policies suggests that technological uncertainty favors taxes over cap and trade....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011927948
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Regulating stock externalities
Gerlagh, Reyer; Heijmans, Roweno - 2018
We develop a dynamic regulation game for a stock externality under asymmetric information and future market uncertainty. Within this framework, regulation is characterized as the implementation of a welfare-maximization program conditional on informational constraints. We identify the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011939765