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The carbon footprint of European households and income distribution

Sommer, Mark; Kratena, Kurt - 2016

This paper calculates the CO2e (CO2 equivalents) footprint of private consumption in the EU27 by five groups of household income, using a fully fledged macroeconomic input-output model covering 59 industries and five groups of household income for the EU27. Due to macroeconomic feedback...

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A European equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers

Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. - 2022

This paper introduces a theory-based equivalence scale for public in-kind transfers, which justifies comparison of …, education and childcare expenditure on estimates of income inequality and poverty for 24 European countries. The empirical … results show significant effects of public in-kind transfers on the level of income inequality and poverty for all countries …

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Smart cap

Karp, Larry S.; Traeger, Christian - 2021

We introduce a "smart" cap and trade system that eliminates the welfare costs of asymmetric information (“uncertainty”). This cap responds endogenously to technology or macroeconomic shocks, relying on the market price of certificates to aggregate information. It allows policy makers to...

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The carbon content of Austrian trade flows in the European and international trade context

Friedl, Birgit; Muñoz Jaramillo, Pablo; Schinko, Thomas; … - 2010

In this study CO2 emissions embodied in Austrian international trade are quantified employing a 66-region input output model of multidirectional trade. We find that Austria's final demand CO2 responsibilities on a global scale are 38% higher than conventional statistics report (110 Mt-CO2 versus...

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Climate change and Kuznets curve : Portuguese experience

Leitão, Nuno Carlos - 2018

Climate change has inspired the interest of the academic community in the most diverse areas of knowledge. This study tests and revisits the environmental Kuznets curve assumptions for Portugal. The econometric strategy used in this research is time series (ARIMA model, OLS estimator, ARCH...

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