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This paper analyzes the interaction between two political economy decisions by a government: whether to privatize a public firm and what environmental policy to choose (an environmental tax or an emission standard). We find that when market competition is weak the government does not privatize...
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-equilibrium model in which energy subsidies and other taxes in the economy are reduced in a revenue-neutral fashion. Two important … focus on taxation and subsidies. In order to understand the quite complex literature on this subject, we draw on the theory … formulation of similar policies in the future. That is the central purpose of the chapter. Section 2 examines subsidies in …
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of location of duopoly firms affects the welfare of the home country. We characterize the relationship between the …
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of location of duopoly firms affects the welfare of the home country. We characterize the relationship between the …
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We analyze welfare implications of policies promoting environmentally friendly vehicles employing rich Swiss micro … only slightly decrease. In contrast, subsidies support EV uptake, and lead to a more pronounced emission reduction. Both …
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damages are large and R&D is inefficient the opposite is true. The same ranking applies to the comparison of social welfare. …
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of social welfare. However, firms always have an incentive to be part of an industry-wide ERC as this increases their …
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climate regimes.Against this background, this paper discusses carbon/energy taxes, subsidies, energy efficiency standards, eco … imposes a carbon tax, it may adjust taxes at the border to mitigate competitiveness effects of cheaper imports not subject to … respect to the WTO consistency and the conditions under which border taxes can be adjusted to accommodate a loss of …
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Instruments chosen to pursue climate related targets are not always efficient. In this paper we consider an economy with three climate related targets for its electricity generation: a given share of "green" electricity, a given expansion of "green" electricity, and a given reduction of "black"...
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