Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 905
Cover Image
Energy, efficiency gains and economic development : when will global energy demand saturate?
Bogmans, Christian; Kiyasseh, Lama; Matsumoto, Akito; … - 2020
Not anytime soon. Using a novel dataset covering 127 countries and spanning two centuries, we find evidence for an energy Kuznets curve, with an initial decline of energy demand at low levels of per capita income followed by stages of acceleration and then saturation at high-income levels....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392616
Cover Image
The long-run decoupling of emissions and output : evidence from the largest emitters
Cohen, Gail; Jalles, João Tovar; Loungani, Prakash; … - 2018
markets. If consumption-based emissions-measures that account for countries' net emissions embodied in cross-border trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848132
Cover Image
Carbon Taxes : Their Macroeconomic Effects and Prospects for Global Adoption: A Survey of the Literature
Gandhi, Ved P. - 1998
The carbon tax is a major instrument for curbing greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Yet its adoption has been limited because of concerns over its effects on economic growth, income distribution, and international competitiveness. The paper shows that policymakers can minimize...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403416
Cover Image
Revisiting carbon leakage
Misch, Florian; Wingender, Philippe - 2021
This paper estimates the carbon leakage rate across countries, arguably a key parameter in the international climate policy discussion including on border carbon adjustment, but which remains subject to significant uncertainty. We propose innovations along two lines. First, we exploit recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012605494
Cover Image
Structural breaks in carbon emissions : a machine learning analysis
Yao, Jiaxiong; Zhao, Yunhui - 2022
To reach the global net-zero goal, the level of carbon emissions has to fall substantially at speed rarely seen in history, highlighting the need to identify structural breaks in carbon emission patterns and understand forces that could bring about such breaks. In this paper, we identify and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170573
Cover Image
Trade and inclusive growth
Bacchetta, Marc; Cerra, Valerie; Piermartini, Roberta; … - 2021
This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and inclusive growth. It examines … claims that the rise in inequality in many countries can be attributed to the concurrent rise in trade competition …, especially from EMEs like China, spurring trade tensions and protectionist measures. The paper investigates the conflicting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518909
Cover Image
The fiscal and welfare impacts of reforming fuel subsidies in India
Anand, Rahul; Coady, David P.; Mohommad, Adil; Thakoor, … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756779
Cover Image
The Fiscal and Welfare Impacts of Reforming Fuel Subsidies in India
Anand, Rahul - 2013
Rising fuel subsidies have contributed to fiscal pressures in India. A key policy concern regarding subsidy reform is … implications of fuel subsidy reform in India. Fuel subsidies are found to be badly targeted, with the richest ten percent of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395186
Cover Image
Price and income elasticity of Indian exports : the role of supply-side bottlenecks
Raissi, Mehdi; Tulin, Volodymyr - 2015
role of supply-side bottlenecks in shaping India’s export demand relationship. We use disaggregated export volume data for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447122
Cover Image
IMF-supported programs and income convergence in low-income countries
Pradhan, Tejesh; Al-Sadiq, Ali J. - 2018
Continuing the empirical debate on the effects of IMF-supported programs on participating countries' macroeconomic performance, we focus on the issue of whether these programs accelerate conditional AY-convergence among low-income countries (LICs). We use an unbalanced panel dataset for 85 LICs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978702