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This study looks at the effects of the choice between taxes and permits on the pattern of adoption of a new (pollution …, the study shows that when the output demand is elastic, auctioned permits induce an earlier diffusion than taxes and thus … provide the largest benefit to social welfare. …
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Genetically modified (GM) food has raised both health-risk fears and environmental concerns. This has led some countries to ban the trade in such food triggering a great deal of controversy among countries. In this paper we ask under what conditions will voluntary labeling of GM-free food be at...
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We analyze two mechanism designs for refunding emission payments to polluting firms; Output Based (OB) and Expenditure Based (EB) refunding. In both instruments, emissions fees are returned to the polluting industry, possibly making the policy more easily accepted by policymakers than a standard...
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the market outcome in consumer food markets. Second, we evaluated the welfare effects of the policy measures. We found … that mandatory labeling often increases domestic welfare and, moreover, that in most cases it increases global welfare. On … the other hand, a trade ban is more likely to decrease global welfare. …
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This paper examines whether the welfare gains from technological innovation that reduces future abatement costs are … larger or smaller than the “Pigouvian” welfare gains from optimal pollution control. The relative welfare gains from … abatement costs, and the discount rate. We calculate the welfare gains from innovation under a variety of different scenarios …
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This paper examines whether the welfare gains from technological innovation that reduces future abatement costs are … larger or smaller than the “Pigouvian” welfare gains from optimal pollution control. The relative welfare gains from … abatement costs, and the discount rate. We calculate the welfare gains from innovation under a variety of different scenarios …
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The paper analyses how a tractable representation of productivity heterogeneity among firms modifies the standard Dixit-Stiglitz (DS) model of monopolistic competition. The properties of the asymmetric model are explored by comparative statics analysis. The equilibrium adjustments of industry...
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. While innovative, these work as simple combinations of taxes and subsidies. While the extant literature thoroughly analyzes … environmental externalities and subsidies to internalize positive externalities such as R&D. However, policy is not straightforward … industries, and any distributional effects. Tax discrimination, subsidies and regulations then undermine the efficiency of energy …
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. Although negative effects on household welfare and related poverty measures are widely discussed as possible consequences … examine the welfare effects of different carbon tax rates over the income distribution. The currently effective tax rate is … small and has negligible effects on household welfare. Higher simulated tax rates, maintaining the current tax base, show a …
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A nation's natural-resources wealth can be estimated via the System of National Accounts (SNA). Because the values of all parameters entering the calculation are conditional on the existing management regime, the optimal value of the natural resources may be masked. This is the case for the...
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