Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 2,710
Cover Image
Who's Going Green and Why? Trends and Determinants of Green Investment
Eyraud, Luc; Zhang, Changchang; Wane, Abdoul Aziz; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for 35 advanced and emerging countries. We use a new multi-country historical dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401202
Cover Image
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany
Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605334
Cover Image
Reforming the Tax System to Promote Environmental Objectives; An Application to Mauritius
Parry, Ian W.H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Fiscal instruments are potentially among the most effective, and cost-effective, options for addressing externalities related to poor air quality, urban road congestion, and greenhouse gases. This paper takes a case study, focused on Mauritius (a pioneer in the use of green taxes) to illustrate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151204
Cover Image
Environmental Taxes: A Comparison of French and Swedish Experience from Taxes on Industrial Air Pollution
Millock, Katrin; Nauges, Céline; Sterner, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 1, pp. 30-34
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037351
Cover Image
Kurz zum Klima: REDD+ – Schlägt der Klimaschutz Wurzeln?
Lippelt, Jana - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 67 (2014) 04, pp. 50-54
Die Abholzung der weltweiten Wälder ist nach der Verbrennung fossiler Brennstoffe die zweitgrößte anthropogene CO2-Quelle. Maßnahmen der UN, die unter dem Namen »REDD« zusammengefasst werden, sollen der Abholzung entgegenwirken. Der Beitrag beschreibt die Funktionsweise von REDD und gibt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764275
Cover Image
Jordan; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile international prices. The macroeconomic situation in Jordan is closely tied to that of other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244218
Cover Image
Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union
Segura-Ubiergo, Alex; Koranchelian, Taline; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the … reforms in their economies. One of the most critical reforms was to reduce, and in some cases, eliminate their subsidy … programs. This paper analyzes how key subsidy reforms (in state aid to enterprises, agriculture, energy, and transportation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263811
Cover Image
Burkina Faso; Policies to Protect the Poor From the Impact of Food and Energy Price Increases
Adenauer, Isabell; Granado, Javier Arze del - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper assesses the effectiveness of policies taken by the Burkinabè authorities to protect the poor from the adverse impact of a combined food and oil price shock in 2008. Estimates of the impact based on household survey data and a price pass-through model suggest that these policies were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293765
Cover Image
Iran; The Chronicles of the Subsidy Reform
Guillaume, Dominique M.; Zytek, Roman; Farzin, Mohammad Reza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
On December 18, 2010, Iran increased domestic energy and agricultural prices by up to 20 times, making it the first major oil-exporting country to reduce substantially implicit energy subsidies. This paper reviews the economic and technical issues involved in the planning and early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203528
Cover Image
Public Expenditure Policy and the Environment; A Review and Synthesis
Miranda, Kenneth M.; Parry, Ian W.H.; Gupta, Sanjeev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1993
Commonly cited environmental instruments in the legal, regulatory, and fiscal domains are intended primarily to address market failures to ensure that environmental degradation and resource use is contained to appropriate levels. However, in many instances, environmental degradation is rooted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825826