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decarbonization, which EU countries have committed to pursue through the European Green Deal. These consequences include increasing … by existing empirical studies. Against this backdrop, the core aim of this working paper is to assess whether and how EU … these policy mixes, first at the EU level and then at the Member States level. This is done through a manual textual …
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period in which the EU and its Member States are figuring out how to redesign their economies and societies in order to cope …
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Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of the economic system. This paper reviews the literature on how policymakers can design climate...
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Water is not only vital for human life but also is a critical economic input. Climate change will likely exacerbate … conflicts over the multiple uses of water in Latin America. Adopting a south-south perspective approach, this study compares … direct water requirement patterns over time among Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica, applying an environmental …
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In this review we synthetize the existing contributions that use econometric approaches to examine the influence of institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the relationship between institutions and various response...
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We explore whether environmental motivation affects environmental behavior by focusing on volunteering. The paper first introduces a theoretical model of volunteering in environmental organizations. In a next step, it tests the hypothesis working with a large micro data set covering 32 countries...
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Vehicle taxation based on CO2 emissions is increasingly being adopted worldwide in order to shift consumer purchases to low-carbon cars, yet little is known about the effectiveness and overall economic impact of these schemes. We focus on feebate schemes, which impose a fee on high-carbon...
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Industrial policy has long been criticized as subject to protectionist interests; accordingly, subsidies to domestic producers face disciplines under World Trade Organization agreements, without exceptions for environmental purposes. Now green industrial policy is gaining popularity as...
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