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Effects of carbon pricing and other climate policies on CO2 emissions
Kohlscheen, Emanuel; Moessner, Richhild; Takáts, Előd - 2021
We provide ex-post empirical analysis of the effects of climate policies on carbon dioxide emissions at the aggregate national level. Our results are based on a comprehensive database of 121 countries. As climate policies we examine carbon taxes and emissions trading systems (ETS), as well as...
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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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Unilateral CO2 reduction policy with more than one carbon energy source
Daubanes, Julien Xavier; Henriet, Fanny; Schubert, Katheline - 2020
We examine an open economy's strategy to reduce its carbon emissions by replacing its consumption of coal - very carbon intensive - with gas - less so. Unlike the standard theoretical approach to carbon leakage, we show that unilateral CO2 reduction policies generate a higher leakage rate in the...
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More gas, less coal, and less CO2? : unilateral CO2 reduction policy with more than one carbon energy source
Daubanes, Julien X.; Henriet, Fanny; Schubert, Katheline - 2017
We examine an open economy's strategy to reduce its carbon emissions by replacing its consumption of coal - very carbon intensive - with gas - less so. Unlike the standard analysis of carbon leakage, unilateral carbon-reduction policies with more than one carbon energy source may turn...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735984
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European funds and green public procurement
Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2024
The European Commission co-funds public projects through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to stimulate the sustainable economic development of EU Member States. The ESIF budget is about 90 billion euros annually and ESIF beneficiaries are explicitly encouraged to increase...
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Inequality and the environment : the economics of a two-headed hydra
Drupp, Moritz A.; Kornek, Ulrike; Meya, Jasper; Sager, Lutz - 2021
consider interactions with the other. We synthesize theoretical mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment interlinkages … appraisal. We argue that it is crucial to consider inequality-environment interlinkages even if one’s primarily concern is one …
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Transboundary pollution control with both production and consumption emissions
Haruna, Shoji; Goel, Rajeev K. - 2023
This paper adds to the literature on transboundary pollution by considering pollution related to both production and … transboundary pollution to analyze the effects of trade liberalization on economic performance under two types of pollution. Our … pollution is considered. When trade liberalization policy is mutually implemented, consumer surplus and social environmental …
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Economic analysis, sustainability and environmental commons
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
When confronted with market weaknesses and failures determining sustainability problems for environmental common-pool resources, economic analysis has proposed government intervention as the only alternative available. Elinor Ostrom showed that this dichotomy between market and government is not...
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Economic challenges in the Anthropocene
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
countries, compatible with the sustainability of the processes concerning the Earth system. Mainly by focusing on the energy-environment …
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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 …
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