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The effects of home energy efficiency upgrades on social housing tenants : evidence from Ireland
Coyne, Bryan; Lyons, Sean; McCoy, Daire - 2016
programme in Ireland, The SEAI Better Energy Communities Scheme, which provides funding for whole communities to upgrade the … improvement in Ireland, with many dwellings receiving a number of measures, such as cavity wall, external wall and attic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011547579
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The distributional effects of energy taxes
Flues, Florens; Thomas, Alastair - Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA), … - 2015
New evidence for 21 OECD countries shows that the distributional effects of energy taxes differ by energy carrier. On an expenditure basis, taxes on transport fuels are not regressive on average, as households in lower expenditure deciles spend a lower proportion of their expenditure on taxes on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277133
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The distributional effects of energy taxes
Flues, Florens; Thomas, Alastair - 2015
New evidence for 21 OECD countries shows that the distributional effects of energy taxes differ by energy carrier. On an expenditure basis, taxes on transport fuels are not regressive on average, as households in lower expenditure deciles spend a lower proportion of their expenditure on taxes on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392787
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Searching for the inclusive growth tax grail : the distributional impact of growth enhancing tax reform in Ireland
O'Connor, Brendan; Hynes, Terence; Haugh, David; … - 2015
increase GDP per capita in the medium term. This paper analyses for Ireland the consequences of such a shift in the tax mix. In … an adverse effect on income distribution, due to Ireland’s high rates of home ownership throughout the income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399717
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SWITCH : a tax-benefit model for Ireland linked to survey and register data
Keane, Claire; Doorley, Karina; Kakoulidou, Theano; … - 2022
We document the development and operation of the SWITCH model, Ireland's taxbenefit microsimulation model. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013174930
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Poverty and distributional effects of a carbon tax in Mexico
Renner, Sebastian - 2017
Mexico recently declared ambitious goals in reducing domestic CO2 emissions and introduced a carbon tax in 2014. Although negative effects on household welfare and related poverty measures are widely discussed as possible consequences, empirical evidence is missing. We try to fill this gap by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636818
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The impact of energy taxes on the affordability of domestic energy
Flues, Florens; Van Dender, Kurt - 2017
Energy affordability can be defined as a household’s ability to pay for necessary levels of energy use within normal spending patterns. This paper uses three indicators to measure energy affordability risk in 20 OECD countries. Energy affordability risk differs widely between countries. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011669853
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Poverty and distributional effects of a carbon tax in Mexico
Renner, Sebastian - 2017
Mexico recently declared ambitious goals in reducing domestic CO2 emissions and introduced a carbon tax in 2014. Although negative effects on household welfare and related poverty measures are widely discussed as possible consequences, empirical evidence is missing. We try to fill this gap by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632630
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An Economic Evaluation of Incineration as a Residual Municipal Solid Waste Management Option in Ireland
O'Donovan, Erik; Collins, Micheál L. - Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin - 2011
policy requirements, Ireland remains heavily dependent on indigenous landfill capacity and overseas markets for its Residual … Solid Waste (RMSW) reprocessing and waste to energy capacities. This deficit threatens Ireland’s competitiveness and its … landfilling RMSW in Ireland. In doing so, the study illustrates the sensitivity of an incineration project’s benefits to its scale …
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