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As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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damaging subsidies is lacking. Environmentally damaging subsidies are all kinds of direct and indirect subsidies aimed at … article develops a transparent method to determine the environmental impact of indirect government subsidies and derive policy … lessons. This method has been applied to several major subsidies in the Netherlands, namely in agriculture, energy, and …
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In this paper, we attempt to derive and test the role of energy prices on economic growth. We first developed a two-sector endogenous growth model, based on Rebelo (1991). We modified the model such that consumption goods sector uses energy as an input along with capital. The model allows us to...
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subsidies. On the other hand, countries with flexible substitution possibilities and relatively smaller externalities may …
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In an endogenous-growth model, we consider alternative ways of providing public capital using distortionary taxes. We …
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We study a model in which the effects of taxation on growth are highly non-linear. Marginal increases in tax rates have a small growth impact when tax rates are low or moderate. When tax rates are high, further tax hikes have a large, negative impact on growth performance. We argue that this...
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This paper analyzes stochastic productive pollution within a model of endogenous growth. The extent to which the agents perceive their individual influence on aggregate pollution is parameterized. Recursive preferences allow for the separation between intertemporal substitutability and risk...
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economy. When factor income taxes finance public investment infintely many tax-subsidy combinations can decentralize the … incorporate administrative costs. A unique combination of factor income taxes now decentralizes the planner's allocations. A … simple calibration exercise suggests that changes in factor income taxes does not cause a significant change in the optimal …
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