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Swiss climate policy consists of three regulatory instruments for greenhouse gas emissions reduction: A CO 2 levy, the Swiss Emissions Trading System (CH EHS), and an additional nonEHS" program for medium-sized plants that consists of command-and-control elements plus a sizeable abatement...
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Environmental regulations such as air quality standards can lead to notable improvements in ambient air quality and to related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and...
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Environmental regulations such as air quality standards can lead to notable improvements in ambient air quality and to related health benefits. But they impose additional production costs on firms and may reduce productivity, earnings, and employment, especially in sectors exposed to trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984678
system (ETS) when environmental regulation is partitioned. We theoretically characterize the conditions under which a price …
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Domestic climate policy emissions trading schemes appear to be spreading all over the word. However, carbon markets in existence often suffer from dilution in terms of ecological effectiveness, economic efficiency, and social justice. Thus, in order to firmly base carbon markets on the main...
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Zu Beginn des Jahres 2005 startete das europäische Emissionshandelssystem. Die vorliegende Studie beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen des Emissionshandelssystems auf die deutsche Energiewirtschaft. Dargestellt und analysiert wird zunächst die europäische Emissionshandelsrichtlinie...
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europäischen Emissionshandel vorgeschlagen. Bislang wurden die Zertifikate an die betroffenen Unternehmen aus den energieintensiven …
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In this paper, we use a computable general equilibrium model (WIATEC) to study the potential impact of implementing Europe's 20-20-20 climate policy. The results show that the economic costs of implementing the policy are only moderate and within the range of recent empirical evidence....
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Wirksamkeit dieser Maßnahmen hängt auch von der Reaktion der regulierten Unternehmen und damit von deren Akzeptanz der Regulierung … sollen. Es werden Aspekte der Regulierung identifiziert, die der Akzeptanz abträglich sind, sowie Möglichkeiten erörtert, dem … measures depends on the reaction of the regulated companies and thus on their acceptance of the regulation. This study examines …
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Although gasoline taxes are widely used (nearly) efficient CO2 emission controls, additional fuel-efficiency regulation … (ii) and (iii) of fuel-efficiency regulation turn out to produce the same suboptimally low emission rates. Combining (i …
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