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An integrated assessment of climate change, air pollution, and energy security policy
Bollen, Johannes; Hers, Sebastiaan; Zwaan, Bob van der - 2009
This article presents an integrated assessment of climate change, air pollution, and energy security policy. Basis of our analysis is the MERGE model, designed to study the interaction between the global economy, energy use, and the impacts of climate change. For our purposes we expanded MERGE...
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Renewable energy subsidies : second-best policy or fatal aberration for mitigation?
Kalkuhl, Matthias; Edenhofer, Ottmar; Lessmann, Kai - 2011
This paper evaluates the consequences of renewable energy policies on welfare, resource rents and energy costs in a world where carbon pricing is imperfect and the regulator seeks to limit emissions to a (cumulative) target. We use a global general equilibrium model with an intertemporal fossil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009231826
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Money or Joy: The Choice of Educational Type
Alstadsæter, Annette; Kolm, Anne-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2005
This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy.s skill composition. A proportional labour tax induces too many workers with high innate ability to choose an educational type associated with high consumption value and low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142317
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Public Policy, Start-up Entrepreneurship, and the Market for Venture Capital
Nielsen, Søren Bo; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2006
In recent years, venture capital has become an important source for nancing young entrepreneurial rms. Given the apparently more innovative nature and extra value added of venture capital backed rms compared to other firms, policy makers have taken an increasing interest in an active venture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142333
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As American as Apple Inc. : international tax and ownership nationality
Sanchirico, Chris William - 2014
The ownership nationality of large US multinational companies plays an implicit but important role in the current debate over how such companies should be taxed. This paper identifies that role and investigates what is actually known about where these companies’ shareholders reside
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387732
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Openness and the optimal taxation of foreign know-how
Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2016
-faire openness is suboptimal and can be growth-and even welfare-reducing. I examine the gains from openness under an optimal taxation … the equilibrium behavior of national and foreign firms. Under optimal taxation, openness is always welfare enhancing and … requires equal taxation of domestic and foreign firms can be welfare reducing for a country close to the knowledge frontier …
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Labour taxes and international trade : the role of domestic labour value added
Adarov, Amat; Holzner, Mario; Jovanović, Branimir; … - 2021
This paper revisits the relationship between labour taxation and international trade, focusing on the role of domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607909
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Succession og samfundsøkonomisk effektivitet
Blomgren-Hansen, Niels - 1999
taxation of capital gains gives the previous owner an incentive to delay the generational change longer than appropriate from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142217
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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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How do corporate taxes affect international trade?
Holzner, Mario; Jovanović, Branimir; Vukšić, Goran - 2021
This paper investigates how corporate income taxes affect international trade, and identifies the underlying channel. Using data on 33 NACE sectors, for 34 EU and OECD economies, over the period 2005-2014, we find that corporate income taxes reduce exports and imports only when the stock of...
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