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On the Optimal Timing of Switching from non-Renewable to Renewable Resources: Dirty vs Clean Energy Sources and the Relative Efficiency of Generators
Agliardi, Elettra; Sereno, Luigi - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2013
extraction choices under emission taxes, subsidies on renewable resources and abatement costs. We assume that non …-renewable to renewable resources is characterized. Numerical applications show that an increase in emission taxes, abatement costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607390
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Zambia's mining windfall tax
Lundstøl, Olav; Isaksen, Jan - 2018
In 2008, the Government of Zambia reformed its mining tax regime for large-scale copper mines through a unilateral legislative change. The country went from having one of the lowest average effective tax rates and government take to be above the average. We focus on a particularly controversial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011846174
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On the optimal timing of switching from non-renewable to renewable resources : dirty vs clean energy sources and the relative efficiency of generators
Agliardi, Elettra; Sereno, Luigi - 2012
extraction choices under emission taxes and abatement costs. We assume that non-renewable resources are "dirty" inputs and create … characterized. Numerical applications show that an increase in emission taxes, abatement costs or demand elasticity slows down the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731342
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Prices vs Quantities: The Irrelevance of Irreversibility
Baldursson, F.M.; Fehr, N.-H. M. von der - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 1998
We explore the efficacy of price and quantity controls in a dynamic set up in which the decisions of some agents are irreversible. We demonstrate that the assumption of irreversibility improves the performance of a tax relative that of a system of tradable quotas and significantly alters the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652128
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Environmental Issues, Economic Policies and Agricultural Development : The Case of Punjab, India
Liu, Rongchen; Sanyal, Anirban; Singh, Nirvikar - 2021
This paper discusses economic policies that have supported a particular kind of agricultural development in Punjab, as well as environment-specific policies that have sought to deal with various environmental problems aris- ing from that pattern of development. In doing so, we highlight some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243319
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WAGEM : An Applied General Equilibrium Model for Agricultural and Environment Policy Analysis.
Komen, M-H-C; Peerlings, J-H-M - 1996
Agricultural and environmental policy changes have potentially large effects on Dutch agriculture and economy as a whole. The effects could be on inter-industry transactions, factor demand, income , trade, and environmental quality. The clear structure and flexibility make applied general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005775990
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WAGEM : An Applied General Equilibrium Model for Agricultural and Environment Policy Analysis.
Komen, M-H-C; Peerlings, J-H-M - 1996
Agricultural and environmental policy changes have potentially large effects on Dutch agriculture and economy as a whole. The effects could be on inter-industry transactions, factor demand, income , trade, and environmental quality. The clear structure and flexibility make applied general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005483367
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Optimal agricultural policy and PSE measurement: an assessment and application to Norway
Blandford, David; Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Gaasland, Ivar; … - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2008
externalities linked to agricultural inputs (e.g., land), we demonstrate that replacing output subsidies by optimal Pigouvian … subsidies may result in an increase or a reduction in relative PSE depending on the parameters of the production function. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876388
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More on Welfare Effects of Distortions Via Environmental and Trade Policy
Schamel, Guenter; de Gorter, Harry - 2000
possible that production subsidies for importers may improve domestic welfare when the welfare effect of higher world market … the welfare losses of their domestic producers due to tariff reductions with production and abatement subsidies … (especially when environmental damages are small). Large agricultural importers may do this through production subsidies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154630
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Does Trade Always Harm the Global Environment? A Case for Positive Interaction
Alpay, Savas - 2000
We demonstrate that there are links between international trade and environmental control, heretofore unappreciated, which might substantially alter the efficacy of various governmental policies to control pollution. One concern about national environmental policies is that, whereas the benefits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014156341