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Trade Integration and Political Turbulence : Environmental Policy Consequences
Mani, Muthukumara - 2001
. Political uncertainty has a positive effect on environmental policy as it reduces lobbying efforts. Applying our model to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401287
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Bank lobbying : regulatory capture and beyond
Igan, Deniz; Lambert, Thomas - 2019
In this paper, we discuss whether and how bank lobbying can lead to regulatory capture and have real consequences … through an overview of the motivations behind bank lobbying and of recent empirical evidence on the subject. Overall, the … interpreted as a call for an outright ban of lobbying, they point in the direction of a need for rethinking the framework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103556
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Monitoring the climate impact of fiscal policy : lessons from tracking the COVID-19 response
Eltokhy, Khaled; Funke, Katja; Huang, Guohua; Kim, Yujin; … - 2021
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, governments around the world announced unprecedented fiscal packages to address the … international organizations attempted to assess the "greenness" of the fiscal policy response of the world's largest economies. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796277
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A comprehensive climate mitigation strategy for Mexico
Black, Simon; Kirabaeva, Koralai; Parry, Ian W. H.; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796640
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Scaling up climate mitigation policy in Germany
Black, Simon; Chen, Ruo; Mineshima, Aiko; Mylonas, Victor; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796678
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A comprehensive greenhouse gas mitigation strategy for The Netherlands
Batini, Nicoletta; Black, Simon; Luca, Oana; Parry, Ian … - 2021
The Netherlands has ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the future - to cut them by 49 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 95 percent by 2050. These targets and the likely new EU-wide targets under the recent EU Green Deal entail a rapid acceleration in decarbonization....
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Implementing the United States' domestic and international climate mitigation goals : a supportive fiscal policy approach
Parry, Ian W. H. - 2021
The United States has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050, meet sectoral objectives (e.g., for carbon free power, electric vehicles) and encourage greater mitigation among large emitting countries and of international transportation emissions. Fiscal policies at the national, sectoral, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518755
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Are climate change policies politically costly?
Furceri, Davide; Ganslmeier, Michael; Ostry, Jonathan David - 2021
Are policies designed to avert climate change (Climate Change Policies, or CCPs) politically costly? Using data on governmental popular support and the OECD's Environmental Stringency Index, we find that CCPs are not necessarily politically costly: policy design matters. First, only market-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612336
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Mitigating climate change : growth-friendly policies to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
Jaumotte, Florence; Liu, Weifeng; McKibbin, Warwick J. - 2021
Background paper prepared for the October 2020 IMF World Economic Outlook. This paper provides a detailed presentation … of the simulation results from the October 2020 IMF World Economic Outlook chapter 3 and an additional scenario with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605547
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Financial regulation, climate change, and the transition to a low-carbon economy : a survey of the issues
Demekas, Dimitri G.; Grippa, Pierpaolo - 2021
There are demands on central banks and financial regulators to take on new responsibilities for supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. Regulators can indeed facilitate the reorientation of financial flows necessary for the transition. But their powers should not be overestimated....
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