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to environmentally sensitive industries increases output and pollution emissions. We examine the environmental effects of … subsidies in general equilibrium. Since all resources are used, whether or not subsidies increase emissions depends on the … relative emissions intensity and incentives to emit of the subsidized industry versus the emissions intensity and the …
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consider that production generates different amounts of emissions across sectors and countries, and households experience … disutility from carbon emissions, modeled as a pure externality as in Shapiro (2021). Third, we model a general set of taxes … of carbon taxes and tariffs that impact emissions and other outcomes in general equilibrium. In our quantitative analysis …
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Using data on syndicated loans, we find that the introduction of a carbon tax is associated with an increase in domestic banks' lending to coal, oil, and gas companies in foreign countries. This effect is particularly pronounced for banks with large prior fossil-lending exposures, suggesting a...
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The historical increase in emissions is for one-fourth attributable to the growth of emissions per person, whereas …
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evolution of greenhouse gas emissions. We then discuss the relation between climate change and economics and assess the economic …
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This paper examines the employment impact of British Columbia's revenue-neutral carbon tax implemented in 2008. While all industries appear to benefit from the redistributed tax revenues, the most carbon-intensive and trade-sensitive industries see employment fall with the tax, while clean...
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The forests offer to the society Environmental Goods and Services, which are not recognized on the market. This generates not sustainable use of the forest resources. Because of this situation the State must define an Environmental Politics, to achieve his sustainable use. In order to achieve...
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The present paper analyzes the impact of a climate coalition's border carbon adjustment on emissions from commodity …-quadratic specification, the coalition exports the commodity. Total emissions decrease with the coalition size, and total welfare increases …
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costs) and/or environmental (e.g. reducing GHG emissions and carbon leakage). Benefits tend to be higher with broader … participation of countries, broader coverage of emissions and sectors and more ambitious policy goals. Most, but not all, countries …
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We study how extreme temperature exposure impacts infant survival in the developing world. Our analysis overcomes the absence of vital registration systems in many poor countries, which has been a limiting factor in the temperature-mortality literature, by extracting birth histories from...
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