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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper on Azerbaijan Republic reports that the government has made substantial progress in dealing with energy-related subsidies. The domestic market for oil products has been tightly regulated by the government since Azerbaijan gained independence. Azerbaijan is largely...

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The Consumer Burden of a Carbon Tax on Gasoline

hassett, kevin allen; Mathur, Aparna; Metcalf, Gilbert E. - American Enterprise Institute - 2009

This paper measures the incidence of a carbon tax on gasoline using current income and two measures of lifetime income to rank households.

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The influence of climate change considerations on energy policy: the case of Russia

Markandya, A.; Golub, A.; Strukova, E. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 3 (2003) 3, pp. 324-338

is currently under formulation to 2010. Two options have been looked at: a "High Coal" option, where there would be a … substantial change in fuel mix away from gas to coal; and a "High Gas" option where the current fuel mix is retained and the … fuels, the High Coal option is attractive. However, when we include the potential decline in price for natural gas in the …

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The influence of climate change considerations on energy policy: the case of Russia

Markandya, A.; Golub, A.; Strukova, E. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 3 (2003) 3, pp. 324-338

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Global Warming and the Green Paradox: A review of adverse effects of climate policies

Ploeg, Frederick van der; Withagen, Cees - Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich … - 2013

This article examines the possible adverse effects of well-intended climate policies. A weak Green Paradox arises if the announcement of a future carbon tax or a sufficiently fast rising carbon tax encourages fossil fuel owners to extract reserves more aggressively, thus exacerbating global...

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Nigeria; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital...

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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...

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Measuring Energy Security; Trends in the Diversification of Oil and Natural Gas Supplies

Loungani, Prakash; Joutz, Frederick L.; Cohen, Gail - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

We present evidence on one facet of energy security in OECD economies - the extent of diversification in sources of oil and natural gas supplies. Viewed from the perspective of the energy-importing countries as a whole, there has not been much change in diversification in oil supplies over the...

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ECONOMIC THEORY AND PRICE OF COAL.

BANKS, F. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 1989

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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...

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