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The run up to the 26th Climate Change Conference has brought tackling climate change to the fore of global policy making. In this context, the U.S. administration has recently unveiled new climate targets. This paper elaborates on the administration's plans and uses two models developed at the...
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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 second-best rules for policy instruments including carbon taxes, transfers and energy subsidies, we then...
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high availability. Moreover, the subsidy scheme is substantially more complex than a first-best Pigouvian tax. The optimal … renewable subsidy is always positive but tends to decrease as electricity production becomes less reliant on fossils. The … optimal storage subsidy even changes its sign. It is usually negative as long as fossils contribute to filling the storage …
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Green fiscal reforms would contribute to climate change mitigation, increase the economic efficiency of national tax systems and provide additional public revenues. Some countries in Latin America have already taken first steps towards green fiscal reforms. This outlook article provides an...
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