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Unilateral climate policy and competitiveness : the implications of differential emission pricing

Böhringer, Christoph; Alexeeva-Talebi, Victoria - 2011

Unilateral emission reduction commitments raise concerns on international competitiveness and emission leakage that result in preferential regulatory treatment of domestic energy-intensive and trade-exposed industries. Our analysis illustrates the potential pitfalls of climate policy design...

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Opinion dynamics meet agent-based climate economics : an integrated analysis of carbon taxation

Lackner, Teresa; Fierro, Luca E.; Mellacher, Patrick - 2024

The paper introduces an integrated approach, blending Opinion Dynamics with a Macroeconomic Agent-Based Model (OD-MABM). It aims to explore the co-evolution of climate change mitigation policy and public support. The OD-MABM links a novel opinion dynamics model that is calibrated for European...

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The impact of policy awareness : evidence from vehicle choices response to fiscal incentives

Cerruti, Davide; Daminato, Claudio; Filippini, Massimo - 2019

Isolating the role of limited knowledge, psychological frictions and policy characteristics is key when evaluating a public program and designing future policies. This paper explores the role of awareness about the presence of fiscal programs in determining their impact on individual choices....

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Effects of carbon pricing and other climate policies on CO2 emissions

Kohlscheen, Emanuel; Moessner, Richhild; Takáts, Előd - 2021

We provide ex-post empirical analysis of the effects of climate policies on carbon dioxide emissions at the aggregate national level. Our results are based on a comprehensive database of 121 countries. As climate policies we examine carbon taxes and emissions trading systems (ETS), as well as...

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Effects of Carbon Pricing and Other Climate Policies on CO 2 Emissions

Kohlscheen, Emanuel; Moessner, Richhild; Takats, Elod - 2021

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Effects of green technology support policies on carbon dioxide emissions

Moessner, Richhild - 2024

This paper provides ex-post empirical evidence on the effects of green technology support policies, in comparison with other climate policies, on carbon dioxide emissions at the aggregate national level. The paper uses cross-country dynamic panel estimation for a sample of 38 countries over the...

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Climate policies and Sweden’s green industrial revolution

Pareliussen, Jon - 2023

Sweden is among OECD best performers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, much thanks to a comprehensive policy …, notably for transport, agriculture and carbon removals. Sweden’s long record as a climate frontrunner is also threatened by … revolution is gaining momentum in Sweden’s north, fuelled by an abundant supply of clean electricity. Considerable investments in …

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The role of fiscal instruments in environmental policy

Kosonen, Katri; Nicodème, Gae͏̈tan J.A. - 2009

Environmental protection is one of Europe's key values. The EU has set clear policy objectives to achieve its environmental goals. The EU has favoured market-based instruments, among which fiscal instruments to tackle the climate change problem. This paper takes a policy-making perspective and...

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Environmental tax differentiation between industries and households - implications for efficiency and employment : a multi-sector intertemporal CGE analysis for Germany

Böhringer, Christoph - 2002

This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...

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Competitiveness impacts of the German electricity tax

Flues, Florens; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - 2015

Proposals to increase environmentally related taxes are often challenged on competitiveness grounds. The concern is that value creation in certain sectors might decline domestically if a country introduces environmentally related taxes unilaterally. Furthermore, environmental goals might not be...

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