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The main support mechanisms to finance renewable energy development

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - 2014

Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in...

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Financial development, environmental quality, trade and economic growth : what causes what in MENA countries

Omri, Anis; Daly, Saida; Rault, Christophe; Chaibi, Anissa - 2015

This paper examines the relationship between financial development, CO2 emissions, trade and economic growth using simultaneous-equation panel data models for a panel of 12 MENA countries over the period 1990-2011. Our results indicate that there is evidence of bidirectional causality between...

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Education quality, green technology, and the economic impact of carbon pricing

Macdonald, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry Anthony - 2021

Carbon pricing is increasingly used by governments to reduce emissions. The effect of carbon pricing on economic outcomes as well as mitigating factors has been studied extensively since the early 1990s. One mitigating factor that has received less attention is education quality. If...

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Distributional effects of emission pricing in a carbon-intensive economy: the case of Poland

Antosiewicz, Marek; Fuentes S. M., J. Rodrigo; … - 2020

In this paper, we assess the distributional impact of introducing a carbon tax in Poland. We apply a two-step simulation procedure. First, we evaluate the economy-wide effects with a dynamic general equilibrium model. Second, we use a microsimulation model based on household budget survey data...

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Willingness to pay for carbon mitigation : field evidence from the market for carbon offsets

Rodemeier, Matthias - 2023

What do markets for voluntary climate protection imply about people's valuations of en- vironmental protection? I study this question in a large-scale field experiment (N=255,000) with a delivery service, where customers are offered carbon offsets that compensate for emissions. To estimate...

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Who pays for higher carbon prices? : illustration for Lithuania and a research agenda

Immervoll, Herwig; Linden, Jules; O'Donogue, Cathal; … - 2023

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An empirical study of the relationships between CO2 emissions, economic growth and openness

Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almes; Cho, Yongsung - 2010

its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging … characteristics, the estimated EKC show different temporal patterns. China shows an N-shaped curve while Japan has a U-shaped curve … it represents an inverted Ushaped curve, while China shows a U-shaped curve. We also analyze the dynamic relationships …

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A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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The effect of renewable energy development on carbon emission reduction : an empirical analysis for the EU-15 countries

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014

The increased concerns about climate change have made renewable energy sources an important topic of research. Several scholars have applied different methodologies to examine the relationships between energy consumption and economic growth of individual and groups of countries and to analyze...

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Air pollution quotas and the dynamics of internal skilled migration in Chinese cities

Yu, Bo; Lee, Wang-Sheng; Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa - 2020

This paper examines the role of a sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions quota introduced as part of China's 11th Five …

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