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-over effects. To attenuate these costs, sector specific adaptation measures are needed, raising the question of the net-benefits of … adaptation at a macroeconomic level. However, despite their importance such assessments of impacts and adaptation at the macro … adaptation measures for the land transport sectors. To reveal both direct and indirect effects of impacts and adaptation a …
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Theory suggests that subjective well-being is affected by income comparisons and adaptation to income. Empirical tests …, reference income, and income adaptation. Models simultaneously controlling for income and income rank as well as models with a …
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The Swiss energy strategy until 2050 envisages ambitious CO2 emission reduction targets along with substantial cutbacks in electricity consumption to establish a low-carbon economy without nuclear energy. Our computable general equilibrium analysis find that compliance with stringent CO2...
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We show that imposition of a state-level environmental tax in a federation crowds out preexisting federal taxes. We explain how this vertical fiscal externality can lead unilateral statelevel environmental policy to generate a welfare gain in the implementing state, at the expense of other...
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This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model to assess the welfare cost of changing the method of water allocation in Canada towards one that uses prices to ration demand. We model the introduction of a price on both water that is abstracted as well as water that is consumed (that is...
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This paper addresses the relationship between the design of incentives to firms under regulation, mainly the rule for adjusting tariffs, and trade balance performance of the country. We also explore whether this relationship is relevant or not for a typical developing economy like Argentina. We...
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Intergenerational transfers are a very important part of our daily economic activity. These transfers, whether familial or public, may influence our economic decisions to the same extent that financial markets do. In this paper, we seek to shed some light on the effects of transfers on capital...
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A computable general equilibrium analysis of emissions trading between Russia and the European Union (EU) is presented using a complete and consistent input-output database for the Russian Federation and several baseline scenarios for Russia’s future economic development. We find that...
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This article reports the effects of environmental fiscal reform recently undertaken in Germany. Our assessment uses a computable general equilibrium model of Germany and the rest of the European Union (EU) calibrated to input-output data for 1995. We found that the environmental fiscal reform...
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