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We analyze the corporate green bond market under a rational framework without an innate green preference, using a …, false or exaggerated claims of being green. The extent of greenwashing in the market is a function of the green bond premium …. A swift and gradual implementation of carbon pricing generates a small green bond premium and a low level of …
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This paper examines the main distortions of the U.S. corporate income tax (CIT), focusing on its international aspects, and proposes a set of reforms to alleviate them. A bold reform to replace the CIT with a corporate-level rent tax could induce efficiency-enhancing reform of the international...
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When the U.S. economy sneezes, do emerging markets catch a cold? We show that economic news, and not just monetary policy, in the United States affects financial conditions in emerging markets. News about U.S. employment has the strongest effects, followed by news about economic activity and...
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In traditional bond markets, sovereign bonds provide benchmarks and serve as catalysts for the corporate bond market … development. Contrary to the usual sequence of bond market development, sovereign issuers are latecomers to sustainable bond … markets. Yet, our empirical study finds that sovereign green bond issuance can have quantitative and qualitative benefits for …
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to provide issuers and other stakeholders with a comprehensive view of the ESG bond marketplace …
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News - or foresight - about future economic fundamentals can create rational expectations equilibria with non-fundamental representations that pose substantial challenges to econometric efforts to recover the structural shocks to which economic agents react. Using tax policies as a leading...
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This paper studies tariff-tax reforms in a calibrated two-region global New Keynesian model composed of a developing and an advanced region. In our baseline calibration, a revenue-neutral reform that lowers tariffs in developing countries can reduce domestic welfare. The reason is that the...
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This paper recommends a system of upstream taxes on fossil fuels, combined with refunds for downstream emissions capture, to reduce carbon and local pollution emissions. Motor fuel taxes should also account for congestion and other externalities associated with vehicle use, at least until...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ACE TAX SYSTEMS -- III. ACE SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE -- IV. PREVIOUS ANALYSES OF ACE TAX SYSTEMS -- V. THE BRAZILIAN ACE VARIANT -- VI. CONCLUSION -- Appendix I. Effective Tax Rates -- REFERENCES.
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