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Do reservation wages really decline? : Some international evidence on the determinants of reservation wages
Addison, John T. (contributor); Centeno, Mário (contributor) - 2008
Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652702
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Intra-union flexibility of non-ETS emission reduction obligations in the European Union
Tol, Richard S. J. (contributor) - 2008
The current EU proposal on greenhouse gas emission reduction has 28 targets for 2020: an EU-wide one for carbon dioxide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770244
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EU climate change policy 2013 - 2020 : thoughts on property rights and market choices
Gorecki, Paul K.; Lyons, Sean; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2009
of TEUs? The preferred mechanism is a uniform price auction, preferably EU-wide. Second, what ‘part’ of the non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839307
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Exploring international differences in rates of return to education : evidence from EU SILC
Davia Rodríguez, María Angeles; McGuinness, Séamus; … - 2009
This paper uses EU-SILC data from 2005 and 2006 to explore the hypothesis that international differences in rates of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880411
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Job mismatches and labour market outcomes
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2009
Interpretation of the phenomenon of graduate overeducation remains problematical. In an attempt to resolve at least some of the issues this paper makes use of the panel element of the HILDA survey, distinguishing between four possible combinations of education/skills mismatch. For men we find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880505
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Counting only the hits? : the risk of underestimating the costs of stringent climate policy
Tavoni, Massimo; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2009
This paper warns against the risk of underestimating the costs -and the uncertainty about the costs- of achieving stringent stabilization targets. We argue that a straightforward review of integrated assessment models results produces biased estimates for the more ambitious climate objectives...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898712
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The EU 20/20/2020 targets : an overview of the EMF22 assessment
Böhringer, Christoph; Rutherford, Thomas F.; Tol, … - 2009
Three computable general equilibrium models are used to estimate the economic implications of a stylized version of EU …, however, that the distortions introduced by total EU package imply a substantial welfare loss over and above the costs needed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898714
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Climate policy and corporate behaviour
Commins, Nicola; Lyons, Sean; Schiffbauer, Marc; Tol, … - 2009
In this paper, we study the impact of energy taxes and the EU ETS on a large number of firms in Europe between 1996 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003898726
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Airline emissions of carbon dioxide in the European trading system
FitzGerald, John D. (contributor);  … - 2007
A simulation model of international tourist flows is used to estimate the impact of including carbon dioxide emissions from aviation fuels in the European Trading System. The effect on global carbon dioxide emissions from international aviation is minimal: -0.01% at current permit prices, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003424823
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The impact of the EU-US open skies agreement on international travel and carbon dioxide emissions
Mayor, Karen (contributor); Tol, Richard S. J. (contributor) - 2007
We use a model of domestic and international tourist numbers and flows to estimate the impact of the EU-US Open Skies … into the EU and corresponding CO2 emissions. We find that passenger numbers arriving from the US to the EU will increase by … number of tourist arrivals from the US to countries outside of the EU will fall and overall emissions would then increase by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003465479