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Corruption, Income Inequality, and Poverty in the United States
Dincer, Oguzhan C.; Gunalp, Burak - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
In this study we analyze the effects of corruption on income inequality and poverty. Our analysis advances the existing …, we use all commonly used inequality and poverty measures including various Atkinson indexes, Gini index, standard … deviation of the logarithms, relative mean deviation, coefficient of variation, and the poverty rate defined by the U.S. Census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004965191
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Towards the Green Environment.Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Urban Public Transport and Automobiles
Gommers, Michael - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
This study compares the environmental impacts of urban public transport and automobiles (energy use, emissions, noise nuisance, waste materials and use of space). For this purpose two models have been developed FACTS-Urban (Forecasting air pollution by car traffic simulation) and MILOV...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230820
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Effective Environmental Protection in the Context of Government Decentralization
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
China has shifted control over resources and decision making to local governments and enterprises as the result of the economic reforms over the past three decades. This devolution of decision-making to local levels and enterprises has placed environmental stewardship in the hands of local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002683
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A Comparison Between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks
Farah, Paolo D.; Tremolada, Riccardo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and produce commercial shale gas will have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732280
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Spatial Policies and Land Use Patterns: Optimal and Market Allocations
Kyriakopoulou, Efthymia; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
We study the optimal and equilibrium distribution of industrial and residential land in a given region. The trade-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy, production externalities, and commuting costs, determines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747049
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China’s efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813782
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Green Technology and Optimal Emissions Taxation
McDonald, Stuart; Poyago-Theotoky, Joanna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
We examine the impact of an optimal emissions tax on research and development of emission reducing green technology (E-R&D) in the presence of R&D spillovers. We show that the size and effectiveness of the optimal emissions tax depends on the type of the R&D spillover: input or output spillover....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813784
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Energy Prices, Subsidies and Resource Tax Reform in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
The Chinese leadership in November 2013 determined to embark upon a new wave of comprehensive reforms in China. This is clearly reflected by the key decision of the Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of Communist Party of China to assign the market a decisive role in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011162044
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The Rebound Effect and Energy Efficiency Policy
Gillingham, Kenneth; Rapson, David; Wagner, Gernot - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015
What do we know about the size of the rebound effect? Should we believe claims that energy efficiency improvements lead to an increase in energy use? This paper clarifies what the rebound effect is, and provides a guide for economists and policymakers interested in its magnitude. We describe how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011162052
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Redistribution Effects of Energy and Climate Policy: The Electricity Market
Hirth, Lion; Ueckerdt, Falko - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Energy and climate policies are usually seen as measures to internalize externalities. However, as a side effect, these policies redistribute wealth between consumers and producers, and within these groups. While redistribution is seldom the focus of the academic literature in energy economics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603764