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role that local institutions play in this context. Chapter 2 analyzes how greenhouse gas emissions of companies in OECD and …
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. It tracks GHG emissions and energy investments by SOEs and analyses the impact of SOEs on investments in renewable …
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We investigate the economic impacts of CO2 emissions pricing for Germany in the context of the Paris Agreement where we …, and (iii) a multi-region-trade framework where all other regions also price CO2 emissions. In all three settings Germany … complies to a given domestic CO2 emissions reduction target through economy-wide uniform CO2 emissions pricing. CO2 revenues …
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In 2005, an EU-wide emissions trading scheme covering major CO2 producing sites shall come into power. The key … EU emissions trading scheme through National Allocation Plans. …
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This paper analyzes the drivers of carbon taxes acceptability with survey data and semi-experimental techniques. Based on a sample of more than 300 individuals, it assesses the effect on acceptability of specific policy designs and individuals' perceptions of carbon taxes advantages and...
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We develop a model of optimal carbon taxation and redistribution taking into account horizontal equity concerns by considering heterogeneous energy efficiencies. By deriving first- and secondbest rules for policy instruments including carbon taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then...
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reverse carbon emissions. I estimate the causal effect of taxing carbon on Finnish emissions using the Synthetic Control … Approach (Abadie, 2021). The results suggest that taxing carbon reduces emissions by big margins. Finnish emissions are 16 …% lower in 1995, 25% lower in 2000, and 30% lower in 2004 than emissions in the counterfactual consistent with carbon taxes …
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The success of climate policies depends crucially on the dynamics of public support. Using unique longitudinal data from three surveys conducted between 2019 and 2022, we study the variations of public support for carbon pricing in Germany. The period includes two relevant events: the...
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The success of climate policies depends crucially on the dynamics of public support. Using unique longitudinal data from three surveys conducted between 2019 and 2022, we study the variations of public support for carbon pricing in Germany. The period includes two relevant events: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296924
Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that use more electricity than certain thresholds established by legislation, pay reduced...
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