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Public authorities spend large proportions of their GDP on goods and services and are therefore responsible for a significant share of embedded emissions. Given this large impact, governments have the responsibility of decarbonizing their purchases, as well as the potential to influence markets...
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The existence of an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) – a pattern of pollution that rises and then falls with higher levels of real gross domestic product per capita – remains controversial. Previous research fails to address simultaneity concerns. We match empirical evidence on EKCs with...
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Since the last update in April 2021, recovery measures with positive impacts on the environment have increased significantly, both in terms of number and budget. However spending on environmentally positive measures still represents only 21% of total COVID-19 recovery spending (up from 17%) with...
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The Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), a Directorate-General of the European Commission, operates the International Measurement Evaluation Programme IMEP. It organises interlaboratory comparisons (ILC's) in support to EU policies. This...
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This paper studies the relationship between lobbying, free emission allowance allocation and firm outcomes in the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS). I draw on administrative data from the EU Transpareny Register (TR) and the European Union Transaction Log (EUTL), and construct a...
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