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Carbon pricing under binding political constraints

Jenkins, Jesse D.; Karplus, Valerie J. - 2016

The economic prescription for climate change is clear: price carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas emissions to internalize climate damages. In practice, a variety of political economy constraints prevent the introduction of a carbon price equal to the full social cost of emissions. This...

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Understanding farmers' valuation of agricultural insurance: Evidence from Viet Nam

King, Michael; Singh, Anuj Pratap - 2018

We employ a novel approach to investigate the reasons for a low demand for agricultural insurance. We confirm that … farmers systematically undervalue agricultural insurance. First, we find that private transfers, mainly from family members …, explain under-valuation of agricultural insurance. Second, membership of a farmer's union, interpreted as a form of social …

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Cash grants to manufacturers after Cyclone Idai: RCT evidence from Mozambique

Berkel, Hanna; Fisker, Peter Simonsen; Tarp, Finn - 2021

In March 2019, Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique and caused widespread damage, including businesses in the enterprise sector. We use panel data and a randomized controlled trial to estimate the impact of unconditional cash grants on micro enterprises and their recovery. We find that, on...

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Climate vulnerability and government resource mobilization in developing countries

Tsopmo, Pierre Christian; Foudjo, Suzie Imelda; Elanga, … - 2022

There is substantial empirical literature on the impact of climate vulnerability on economic outcomes in developing countries. However, this literature is still weak on the impact of climate vulnerability on tax revenue mobilization. To enrich the existing literature, this paper aims to...

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Trust a few: Natural disasters and the formation of trust in Africa

Mackay, Robert; Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Tarverdi, Yashar - 2023

Individuals are at their most mental plasticity in their impressionable years (ages 18-25 years) forming long-term attitudes and behaviours essential to functioning in a society, such as trust. In this paper we ask how exposure to natural disasters within the impressionable years may affect the...

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Impact of the global commodity and financial crises on poverty in Vietnam

Thurlow, James; Tarp, Finn; McCoy, Simon; Manh Hai, Nguyen - 2010

Economic growth in Vietnam has been fairly resilient to the global commodity and financial crises, but it is unclear why. In addition, the impact of the crises on employment and poverty is in dispute. We develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model to decompose impacts and estimate...

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Toward efficient urban form in China

Webster, Douglas; Bertaud, Alain; Jianming, Cai; … - 2010

Land efficiency in urban China is examined, using Tianjin as a case study, from the perspective of agricultural land conservation; reduction in energy use, conventional pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions; and human time savings. Issues addressed include increased scatter on the periphery,...

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The legacy effect of squatter settlements on urban redevelopment

Navarro, Ignacio A.; Turnbull, Geoffrey K. - 2010

The paper presents a theoretical model that seeks to answer the question of why former squatter settlements tend to upgrade/redevelop at a slower pace than otherwise similar settlements originating in the formal sector. We argue that squatter settlers' initial strategy to access urban land...

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Implementing EU renewable energy policy at the subnational level: Navigating between conflicting interests

Lepesant, Gilles - 2016

The European Union (EU) has set targets for gradually reducing greenhouse gas emissions through 2050. One of the instruments involved is the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive, which specifies a 20 per cent renewable energy target for the EU by 2020. This paper reviews tensions and institutional...

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The international fiscal implications of global poverty reduction and global public goods provision

FitzGerald, Valpy - 2013

The mixed record on the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets and the focus on global public goods in post-MDG debates questions the future of traditional development co-operation (official development assistance, ODA). Meanwhile, international financial crisis and fiscal retrenchment...

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