Browsing Statistisk sentralbyrås publikasjonsserier / Published by Statistics Norway by Subject "JEL classification: Q28"
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Can voluntary product-labeling replace trade bans in the case of GMOs?
(Discussion Papers;No. 485, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Genetically modified (GM) food has raised both health-risk fears and environmental concerns. This has led some countries to ban the trade in such food triggering a great deal of controversy among countries. ... -
Do environmental regulations hamper productivity growth? How accounting for improvements of firms' environmental performance can change the conclusion
(Discussion Papers;No. 374, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: Many economists maintain that environmental regulations hamper productivity growth. However, recently, an opposing view has gained advocates. Indeed, it has been suggested that the empirically detected inverse ... -
Does public policy crowd out private contributions to public goods?
(Discussion Papers;No. 300, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: It is sometimes claimed that individuals’ contributions to public goods are not motivated by economic costs and benefits alone, but that people also have a moral or norm-based motivation. A number of studies ... -
Effects of inspections on plants' regulatory and environmental performance - evidence from Norwegian manufacturing industries
(Discussion Papers;No. 381, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The present paper investigates effects of regulatory inspections on compliance and emissions of energy intensive manufacturing plants in Norway. The regression analysis shows that increased probability of ... -
Emissions trading with updated grandfathering : entry/exit considerations and distributional effects
(Discussion Papers;No. 546, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Allocation of free emissions allowances may distort firms' incentives or have adverse distributional effects. Nevertheless, Böhringer and Lange (2005) show that in a closed emissions trading scheme with a fixed ... -
Good girl–bad boy : making identity statements when answering a questionnaire
(Discussion Papers;609, Working paper, 2010)Environmental policy analyses often draw on stated preferences, with most humans having strong preferences with respect to how we view ourselves and how we would like others to perceive us. This may create systematic ... -
Incentives and quota prices in an emission trading scheme with updating
(Discussion Papers;No. 495, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Emission trading schemes where allocations are based on updated baseline emissions give firms less incentives to reduce emissions. Nevertheless, according to Böhringer and Lange (2005a), such allocation schemes ... -
It pays to be green - a premature conclusion?
(Discussion Papers;No. 394, Working paper, 2004)It has been claimed that good environmental performance can improve firms’ economic performance. However, because of e.g. data limitations, the methods applied in most previous quantitative empirical studies of the ... -
Mechanism design for refunding emissions payment
(Discussion papers;705, Working paper, 2012-09)We analyze two mechanism designs for refunding emission payments to polluting firms; Output Based (OB) and Expenditure Based (EB) refunding. In both instruments, emissions fees are returned to the polluting industry, ... -
Optimal CO2 abatement and technological change : should emission taxes start high in order to spur R&D?
(Discussion Papers;No. 548, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Many European politicians argue that since technological development is needed to solve the climate problem, the EU should take the lead and set tougher emission targets than what is required by the Kyoto protocol. ... -
Quantifying central hypotheses on Environmental Kuznets Curves for a rich economy : a computable general equilibrium study
(Discussion Papers;No. 341, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: We investigate whether the future relationships between several pollutants and per capita income in rich countries may assume the inverted U-forms of Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKC). The emission-augmenting ... -
Richer and cleaner - at others' expense?
(Discussion Papers;No. 477, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Pollution intensive production can be avoided domestically by increased imports and less exports of dirty products. Such trade effects may imply more emissions abroad, or pollution leakages. We study whether ... -
The political economy of global warming : from data to decision
(Discussion Papers;No. 322, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: This article studies the process from data acquisition to policy decision in relation to an optimum policy on global warming. Policymakers must be reasonably skeptical before proposing remedies to curb warming, ... -
Transboundary environmental policy effects: Markets and emission leakages
(Discussion Papers;No. 384, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: According to the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) literature, several mechanisms within rich economies, including increased willingness to conduct abatement policies, contribute to reduce environmental problems. ...