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Decentralized environmental regulations and plant-level productivity
Ghosal, Vivek; Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan F. - 2018
Using a unique plant-level dataset we examine total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components, related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906240
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Decentralized Environmental Regulations and Plant-Level Productivity
Ghosal, Vivek; Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan F. - 2018
Using a unique plant-level dataset we examine total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components, related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932005
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How effective was the UK carbon tax? A machine learning approach to policy evaluation
Abrell, Jan; Kosch, Miriam; Rausch, Sebastian - 2019
Carbon taxes are commonly seen as a rational policy response to climate change, but little is known about their performance from an ex-post perspective. This paper analyzes the emissions and cost impacts of the UK CPS, a carbon tax levied on all fossil-fired power plants. To overcome the problem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140949
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How effective was the UK carbon tax? : a machine learning approach to policy evaluation
Abrell, Jan; Kosch, Miriam; Rausch, Sebastian - 2019
Carbon taxes are commonly seen as a rational policy response to climate change, but little is known about their performance from an ex-post perspective. This paper analyzes the emissions and cost impacts of the UK CPS, a carbon tax levied on all fossil-fired power plants. To overcome the problem...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994818
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The Political Economy of Environmental Regulations and Industry Compensation
Stoschek, Barbara - 2007
This paper uses a political-economy framework to analyze what consequences the exogenous introduction of a quantitative restriction on total emissions in a small open economy has on the stringency of domestic trade policy. The question is whether and to what extent the government, if it takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296277
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The political economy of environmental regulations and industry compensation
Stoschek, Barbara - 2007
This paper uses a political-economy framework to analyze what consequences the exogenous introduction of a quantitative restriction on total emissions in a small open economy has on the stringency of domestic trade policy. The question is whether and to what extent the government, if it takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300144
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Transparency in electricity markets
Fehr, Nils-Henrik M. von der - 2013
The European Commission is introducing new regulations on submission and publication of data in electricity markets … immediacy. I conclude that to achieve the aims of efficiently functioning wholesale electricity markets, fair and non …-discriminatory access to data and a coherent and consistent view of the European wholesale electricity market, it does not seem advisable to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745912
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The impacts of alternative policy instruments on environmental performance. A firm level study of temporary and persistent effects
Bye, Brita; Klemetsen, Marit E. - 2014
We study the effects of various environmental regulations on environmental performance measured as emission intensity. Moreover, we aim to test whether any such effects are persistent or only temporary. Conventional theory predicts that indirect regulations as opposed to direct regulations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011968558
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Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector: Interactions and Outcomes
Fischer, Carolyn; Newell, Richard G.; Preonas, Louis - 2014
Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices. Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352376
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Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector: Interactions and Outcomes
Fischer, Carolyn; Newell, Richard G.; Preonas, Louis - 2014
Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost-effective option …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398419