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Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia

Hartley, Faaiqa; Seventer, Dirk van; Samboko, Paul; … - 2017

It is estimated that biofuel demand in South Africa will increase to 1,550 million litres by 2025 following the introduction of mandatory blending rates in 2014. Land and water constraints, however, limit domestic supply ability. Zambia, due to abundance of land, suitable climate, supportive...

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Blessing or curse : impacts of the Brazilian Pre-Salt oil exploration

Magalhães, Aline Souza; Domingues, Edson Paulo - In: Economia : revista da ANPEC 15 (2014) 3, pp. 343-362

The discoveries of oil and gas in the so-called "Pre-Salt layer" have triggered a lot of discussions about their economic effect. In this paper we discuss in detail a less discussed dimension: the impact of Pre-Salt layer in the structure of the Brazilian economy, especially the composition of...

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Economic modelling to evaluate smart specialisation : an analysis on research and innovation targets in Southern Europe

Barbero, Javier; Diukanova, Olga; Gianelle, Carlo; … - 2020

We make the case for a technology-enabled approach to Smart Specialisation policy making in order to foster its effectiveness by proposing a novel type of economic impact assessment. We use the RHOMOLO model to gauge empirically the general equilibrium effects implied by the Smart Specialisation...

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Economic impacts of decarbonizing the Swiss passenger transport sector

Angst, Vanessa; Colesanti Senni, Chiara; Maibach, Markus; … - 2021

Switzerland committed to achieving net-zero emissions in 2050. This goal is particularly ambitious for the Swiss passenger transport system, which emits more than one third of Swiss CO2 emissions, and is not yet on a clear emission reduction path. We investigate the economic impact and the...

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The tax burden CGE analysis for Slovakia and Slovenia

Mitkova, Veronika; Jánošová, Miroslava - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 65 (2019) 4, pp. 35-46

In the paper, the static computable general equilibrium model for Slovakia and Slovenia is used for a tax burden analysis. There was considered simultaneous 1% increase in taxes on primary factors, on firms' and government domestic and imported purchases, on import taxes, on output (or income)...

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Illustrative Subsidy Variations to Attract Investors : Using the Emerald-Indonesian Multi-Regional CGE Model

Pambudi, Daniel - 2017

This paper analyze the economic impact of subsidy on industry, particularly the investor decision to invest on certain region. Using the EMERALD - Equilibrium Model with Economic Regional Analysis Dimensions, and a multi regional Computable General Equilibrium Model for Indonesia, we simulate...

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Economic Consequences of Aviation System Disruptions : A Reduced-Form Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Chen, Zhenhua; Rose, Adam; Prager, Fynn; Chatterjee, Samrat - 2015

The state of the art approach to economic consequence analysis (ECA) is computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. However, such models contain thousands of equations and cannot readily be incorporated into computerized systems used by policy analysts to yield estimates of economic impacts...

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Does Trade Liberalisation Lead to Poverty Alleviation? A CGE Microsimulation Approach for Zimbabwe

Chitiga, M.; Mabugu, Ramos - 2014

reduction in all import tariffs. The sectors with the highest initial tariffs are the non-export agriculture sectors and the … most export-intensive sectors are found in agriculture and in mining. The halving of tariffs favors export-oriented sectors …, mainly in agriculture, whereas industrial sectors are hardest hit by the increased import competition. As agriculture is …

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A CGE Assessment of FTA between Tunisia and the EU Under Oligopolistic Market Structures

Chatti, Rim - 2005

from the rest of the world, is evaluated using computable general equilibrium (CGE) models. Either competitive or Cournot … level, the FTA benefits to the different industries at the expanse of agriculture and services, which are relatively …

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Assessing the Macroeconomic Impacts of Financing Options for Renewable-Energy Policy in Nigeria : Insights from a CGE Model

Omoju, Oluwasola Emmanuel; Beyene, Lulit Mitik; Ikhide, … - 2020

In 2015, Nigeria formulated its Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Policy (NREEEP) to promote the development of renewable-energy systems in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals. With that as inspiration, we examined the effectiveness and macroeconomic...

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