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A Public Finance Perspective on Climate Policy: Six Interactions That May Enhance Welfare
Siegmeier, Jan; Mattauch, Linus; Franks, Max; Klenert, David - 2015
Climate change economics mostly neglects sizeable interactions of carbon pricing with other fiscal policy instruments. Conversely, public finance typically overlooks the effects of future decarbonization efforts when devising instruments for the major goals of fiscal policy. We argue that such a...
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Environmental Policy and Capital Movements: The Role of Government Commitment
Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I. - 2003
This paper explores the relationship between environmental protection and international capital movements, when tax policy is endogenous (through voting). A two-period general equilibrium model of a small open economy is specified to compare the effects of two different constitutions (commitment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325033
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The Double Dividend Hypothesis of Environmental Taxes: A Survey
Schöb, Ronnie - 2003
implications. Finally, we turn to international aspects of environmental taxation. When environmental problems are tied to the use …
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Environmental quality and social insurance
Sartzetakis, Eftichios Sophocles; Tsigaris, Panagiotis … - 1997
This paper examines the double dividend hypothesis under wage uncertainty. In the presence of two market failures we show that second-best requires a lower than the Pigouvian tax, and a higher than "first-best" labour income tax. Starting from a state in which the environmental tax is below...
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Externalities and optimal taxation
Cremer, Helmuth; Gahvari, Firouz; Ladoux, Norbert - 1998
efficient taxation if individuals of different types have identical marginal rates of substitution (at any given consumption …
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Should Diesel cars in Europe be discouraged?
Mayeres, Inge; Proost, Stef - 2001
This paper examines the rationale for the different tax treatment of gasoline and diesel cars currently observed in Europe. First, we analyse possible justifications for a different tax treatment: pure tax revenue considerations, externality cons0iderations and constraints on the tax instruments...
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Directed Technical Change and Climate Policy
Otto, Vincent M.; Löschel, Andreas; Reilly, John - 2006
This paper studies the cost effectiveness of climate policy if there are technology externalities. For this purpose, we develop a forward-looking CGE model that captures empirical links between CO2 emissions associated with energy use, directed technical change and the economy. We find the...
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Uncertainty and the Double Dividend Hypothesis
Sartzetakis, Eftichios; Tsigaris, Panagiotis D. - 2007
This paper examines the double dividend hypothesis in the presence of labour income uncertainty. Empirical evidence shows that uncertainty over labour income is particularly significant in developing, while not negligible in developed countries. Under uncertainty, and assuming incomplete capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312385
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Redistribution effects of energy and climate policy: The electricity market
Hirth, Lion; Ueckerdt, Falko - 2012
policies redistribute wealth between consumers and producers, and within these groups. While redistribution is seldom the focus … the redistribution effects of two major electricity policies: support schemes for renewable energy sources, and CO2 … pricing. We find that the redistribution effects of both policies are large, and they work in opposed directions: while …
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Optimal Afforestation Contracts with Asymmetric information on Private Environmental Benefits
Anthon, Signe; Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark - 2004
We investigate the problem of subsidising afforestation when private information exists with respect to the level of private utility derived from the project. We develop a simple model that allows for an intelligent design of contracts when information is asymmetric. The model involves the...
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