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Transportation Fuel Use, Technology and Standards : The Role of Credibility and Expectations

Eskeland, Gunnar S. - 2016

There is a debate among policy analysts about whether fuel taxes alone are the most effective policy to reduce fuel use by motorists, or whether to also use mandatory standards for fuel efficiency. A problem with a policy mandating fuel economy standards is the quot;rebound effect,quot; whereby...

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The Impact of Policies to Control Motor Vehicle Emissions in Mumbai, India

Takeuchi, Akie - 2016

This paper examines the impact of measures to reduce emissions from passenger transport, specifically buses, cars, and two-wheelers in Mumbai. These include converting diesel buses to compressed natural gas (CNG), as the Indian Supreme Court required in Delhi, which would necessitate an increase...

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Spatial Dynamics of Electricity Usage in India

Ghani, Syed Ejaz - 2017

India's manufacturing sector has undergone many spatial adjustments since 1989, including, for example, the organized … India?s manufacturing sector. Striking spatial differences in energy usage exist, and whether spatial adjustments exacerbate … or alleviate energy consumption strains is important for issues ranging from reducing India's power blackouts to stemming …

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Labor and Welfare Impacts of a Large-Scale Livelihoods Program : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from India

Pandey, Vivek - 2019

, especially for government programs like the National Rural Livelihoods Mission in India. This study aims to provide empirical … first study to estimate the annual income effects of a government-run rural livelihoods program in India, and it shows …

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Demand Side Instruments to Reduce Road Transportation Externalities in the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area

Parry, Ian W. H. - 2017

Economically efficient prices for the passenger transportation system in the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area would account for broader societal costs of traffic congestion and accidents, and local and global pollution. A $2.20 per gallon gasoline tax (2006 US$) would be economically efficient,...

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The Taxation of Motor Fuel : International Comparison

Ley, Eduardo - 2017

This paper assesses whether the level of taxation of motor fuel is broadly appropriate in a group of countries (OECD, BRICs and South Africa) accounting for more than 80 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis deals with emissions from oil combustion in transport, which account...

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Taxes and Caps as Climate Policy Instruments with Domestic and Imported Fuels

Strand, Jon - 2017

This paper develops a global model of climate policy, focusing on the choice between tax and cap-and-trade solutions. The analysis assumes that the world can be split into two regions, with two fuels that both lead to carbon emissions. Region A consumes all fuels, and is responsible for defining...

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Does Energy Efficiency Promoteeconomic Growth? : Evidence from a Multi-Country and Multi-Sector Panel Data Set

Rajbhandari, Ashish - 2017

This paper examines the causal relationship between energy efficiency and economic growth based on panel data for 56 high- and middle-income countries from 1978 to 2012. Using a panel vector autoregression approach, the study finds evidence of a long-run Granger causality from economic growth to...

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Assessing Energy Price Induced Improvements in Efficiency of Capital in OECD Manufacturing Industries

Steinbuks, Jevgenijs - 2017

To assess how capital stocks adapt to energy price changes, it is necessary to account for the impacts on different vintages of capital and to account separately for price-induced and autonomous improvements in the energy efficiency of capital stock. The results of econometric analysis for five...

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Why Has Energy Efficiency Not Scaled-Up in the Industrial and Commercial Sectors in Ukraine? An Empirical Analysis

Hochman, Gal - 2017

Improvement of energy efficiency is one of the main options to reduce energy demand and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Ukraine. However, large-scale deployment of energy efficient technologies has been constrained by several financial, technical, information, behavioral, and institutional...

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