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Are tax exemptions for electric cars an efficient climate policy measure?
(Discussion papers;743, Working paper, 2013-05)This study finds that the welfare gain, excluding environmental effects, generated by increasing the Norwegian tax rate on purchase of electric cars from 8 to 37 percent amounts to approximately 5500-6500 NOK (or 680-820 ... -
Beyond Kyoto : CO2 permit prices and the markets for fossil fuels
(Discussion Papers;No. 258, Working paper, 1999)This paper analyses the markets for fossil fuels given that the limits that the Kyoto Protocol sets on CO2 emissions from Annex B countries extend beyond 2008-2012. To our knowledge we are the first to apply a forward-looking ... -
Biofuel mandate versus favourable taxation of electric cars. The case of Norway
(Discussion papers;745, Working paper, 2013-06)This study investigates whether biofuel policies or favourable taxation of electric cars should be employed to satisfy a green house gas emission target connected to private transport within the Norwegian economy. The study ... -
Carbon capture and storage technologies in the European power market
(Discussion Papers;603, Working paper, 2009)We examine the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies in the European electricity markets, assessing whether CCS technologies will reduce carbon emissions substantially in the absence of investment ... -
Carbon leakage from the clean development mechanism
(Discussion Papers;591, Working paper, 2009)The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an offset mechanism designed to reduce the overall cost of implementing a given target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in industrialized Annex B countries of the Kyoto Protocol, ... -
Carbon taxes and the petroleum wealth
(Discussion Papers;No. 128, Working paper, 1994)The aim of this paper is to examine the impacts of a global carbon tax on fossil fuel markets. In particular, the effect on the Norwegian, as well as the global, petroleum wealth is studied. Most empirical models of fossil ... -
Climate policies in a fossil fuel producing country. Demand versus supply side policies
(Discussion papers;747, Working paper, 2013-06)In absence of joint global action, many jurisdictions take unilateral steps to reduce carbon emissions, and the usual strategy is to restrict domestic demand for fossil fuels. The impact on global emissions of such demand ... -
Cost-effective environmental policy: Implications of induced technological change
(Discussion Papers;No. 314, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: Cost-effective environmental policy generally requires that all emission sources are faced with the same tax. In this paper I discuss how the existence of induced technological change may alter this result, if ... -
Distributional and behavioural effects of child care subsidies
(Discussion Papers;No. 135, Working paper, 1995)A methodology to describe the distributional and behavioural effects of child care subsidies is presented within a micro simulation framework. We discuss the effects of changing the governmental policy to support families ... -
Distributional and environmental effects of taxes on transportation
(Discussion Papers;No. 321, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: This article studies environmental and distributional effects from a differentiated tax system on a set of disaggregated transportation goods. Empirical examination on Norwegian data indicates that higher tax ... -
Distributional benchmarking in tax policy evaluations
(Discussion papers;765, Working paper, 2013-11)Given an objective to exploit cross-sectional micro data to evaluate the distributional effects of tax policies over a time period, the practitioner of public economics will find that the relevant literature offers a wide ... -
Distributional effects of environmental taxes on transportation. Evidence from engel curves in the United States
(Discussion Papers;No. 428, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private and social costs. However, policy makers often find such Pigou taxes difficult to implement ... -
Does a renewable fuel standard for biofuels reduce climate costs?
(Discussion papers;720, Working paper, 2012-12)Recent contributions have questioned whether biofuels policies actually lead to emissions reductions, and thus lower climate costs. In this paper we make two contributions to the literature. First, we study the market ... -
Effects of family policy reforms in Norway. Results from a joint labor supply and child care choice microsimulation analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 450, Working paper, 2006)Mothers of preschool children represent one part of the population that might be able to increase its labor supply. We discuss effects of family policy changes that encourage the labor supply of these mothers, as child ... -
Emissions leakage and subsidies for pollution abatement. Pay the polluter or the supplier of the remedy?
(Discussion papers;708, Working paper, 2012-10)Asymmetric regulation of a global pollutant between countries can alter the competitiveness of industries and lead to emissions leakage. For most types of pollution, abatement technologies are available for firms to produce ... -
Emissions trading with offset markets and free quota allocations
(Discussion papers;719, Working paper, 2012-12)We study interactions between a “policy bloc’s” emissions quota market and an offset market where emissions offsets can be purchased from a non-policy “fringe” of countries (such as for the CDM under the Kyoto Protocol). ... -
From data to levy design : the five stages of implementing housing taxes
(Discussion Papers; 596, Working paper, 2009)Taxes on housing consumption have attractive features. They can enhance overall efficiency, function as automatic stabilizers, and work progressively. Implementation, however, requires a careful balance between economic ... -
Incentives to invest in abatement technology : a tax versus emissions trading under imperfect competition
(Discussion Papers;606, Working paper, 2010)In the longer run, effects on R&D and the implementation of advanced abatement technology may be at least as important as short-run cost effectiveness when we evaluate public environmental policy. In this paper, we show ... -
Marginal indirect tax reform analysis with merit good arguments and environmental concerns: Norway, 1999
(Discussion Papers;No. 455, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: We present a framework to identify and evaluate marginal tax reforms when merit good arguments and environmental concerns are given explicit consideration. It is applied to the Norwegian indirect tax system ... -
Market power, international CO2 taxation and petroleum wealth
(Discussion Papers;No. 170, Working paper, 1996)This paper studies the effects on fossil fuel prices, extraction paths and petroleum wealth of an international carbon tax on fossil fuel consumption. We present an intertemporal equilibrium model for fossil fuels, where ...