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By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce...
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allerdings die Bewertung dieser Transformation, da Länder mit einem hohen Industrieanteil, darunter Deutschland und Österreich …, sich deutlich schneller als andere erholten. Mit 21,8 Prozent in Deutschland und 18,3 Prozent in Österreich liegt der … liegen Deutschland und Österreich zwischen den großen globalen Konkurrenten China (31,8 Prozent) und den USA (13 Prozent) und …
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This article, using ERF-LIS harmonized microdata, develops an empirical model to investigate the unexplored extent and fuel poverty explanatory factors in Egypt and Jordan. First, we use the "Low income - High Consumption" indicator to measure the fuel poverty extent. Second, we implement a...
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The paper aims to analyze human development through its interactions with environ- mental protection, governance, and official development assistance (ODA) in develop- ing countries. This is done to allow the decision-makers of the latter to have an optimal approach to sustainable development...
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In "Measuring Price Subsidies Using the Price-Gap Approach: What Does it Leave Out?" prepared under the International Institute for Sustainable Development's (IISD) Bali to Copenhagen project, Doug Koplow looks at the most commonly employed methodology for estimating fossil-fuel subsidies, the...
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This paper presents an integrated energy balance model of global and urban warming in the attributes/functionings framework à la Gorman-Lancaster-Sen and proposes a Global Warming Function and an Urban Warming Function. Also presented is a concept of Heat Island Integral, which measures the...
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In recent years, a large number of papers have explored different attempts to endogenise technical change in climate models. The obvious reason is that technical change is widely considered the main route to achieving a significant reduction in global GHG emissions. This recent literature has...
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Heat pumps have been proposed as the leading technology in the electrification of domestic heat and therefore could play a crucial part in the transition to low-carbon energy systems. However, there is very little causal evidence of the impact of heat pumps on energy demand and the impact of...
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