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A medium term evaluation of the Ecopass road pricing scheme in Milan: economic, environmental and transport impacts
Danielis, Romeo; Rotaris, Lucia; Marcucci, Edoardo; … - In: ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 2012/2 (2012) 2, pp. 49-83
The paper provides an evaluation of the Ecopass road pricing scheme for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010. The term Ecopass conveys the stated political objective of the scheme: a PASS to improve the quality of the urban environment (ECO). The scheme has actually improved the air quality in Milan,...
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Boosting Austria's Innovation Performance
Leibfritz, Willi; Janger, Jürgen - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
Enhancing growth through more innovation has become a priority for Austrian policy makers in line with European policies as laid down in the Lisbon Agenda. This paper discusses Austria’s innovation performance, its innovation policies, and general framework conditions for innovation and...
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Environmental Innovation in Germany
Haščič, Ivan - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2012
This paper reviews the recent experience of Germany in encouraging innovation to reduce negative environmental impacts … transportation. The paper covers environmental and general innovation policies and the cross-cutting issue of policy co … promote advanced transportation.<BR>Ce document analyse le bilan de l’action menée dans un passé récent en Allemagne pour …
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Greening Growth in Japan
Capozza, Ivana - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2011
A decade of sluggish economic growth, concluding with the sharpest recession since the Second World War, has underlined the need for Japan to develop a new growth model. Such a model should restore public finances and long-term growth while preserving environmental quality and ensuring a...
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A Framework for Assessing Green Growth Policies
Serres, Alain de; Murtin, Fabrice; Nicoletti, Giuseppe - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
This paper proposes an analytical framework for assessing policies that will contribute to a better integration of environmental externalities in the pursuit of economic efficiency and growth objectives. The framework consists of two parts. The first part lays out principles and criteria for the...
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Towards Consistent and Effective Carbon Pricing in Germany?
Capozza, Ivana; Curtin, Joseph - Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération … - 2012
Germany committed itself to challenging greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets to 2020 and beyond. It has …-based instruments in Germany: energy taxes, vehicle taxes and the EU Emissions Trading System. It also reviews the use of feed … Review of Germany: http://www.oecd.org/environment/environmentalcountryreviews/oecdenvironmentalperformancereviewsge rmany …
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Energy efficiency policy in a non-cooperative world
Barla, Philippe; Proost, Stef - In: Energy Economics 34 (2012) 6, pp. 2209-2215
In this paper, we explore energy efficiency policies in the presence of a global environmental problem and international cost interdependency associated with R&D activities. We develop a simple model with two regions where the cost of an appliance in one region depends upon the level of energy...
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Better Harnessing Talent and Knowledge to Boost Sustainable Medium-term Growth in Spain
Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects. To deal with long standing impediments to higher growth the government has a substantial structural reform programme touching on education, the labour market and the business...
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Transportation Fuels Policy since the OPEC Embargo: Paved with Good Intentions
Knittel, Christopher R. - In: American Economic Review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 344-49
A long line of research investigates whether the retail prices of electricity and natural gas send proper signals about scarcity in order to induce efficient consumption. Historically, regulated utilities have not designed tariffs that set marginal prices equal to marginal costs. Currently, some...
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A political economy model of road pricing
De Borger, Bruno; Proost, Stef - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 1, pp. 79-92
In this paper, we use a simple majority voting model to study the introduction of urban congestion tolls. The model allows for different types of uncertainty and considers different uses of the toll revenues. The following results are obtained. First, we show that individual uncertainty with...
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