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Phasing out Energy Subsidies to Improve Energy Mix: A Dead End

Energies, 2020
A major energy transformation is required to prolong the rise in global temperature below 2 °C. The Indonesian government (GoI) has set a strategy to gradually remove fuel subsidies to meet its 2050 ambitious energy targets.
Djoni Hartono, Ahmad Komarulzaman, Tony Irawan, Anda Nugroho   +3 more
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Policy Evaluation for Climate Mitigations in the European Agricultural Sector—A Comparison of Policy Options at Micro and Macro Level

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to discuss the micro‐ and macro‐outcomes for the standard neoclassical carbon tax (whose burden falls on the producers) versus the implication of a budget neutral, performance‐based EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) focusing on non‐CO2 emission (N2O and CH4, measured in CO2eq) reduction, especially in the ...
John Helming, Elisa Bardazzi, David Schaefer, Hugo Scherer, Zuzana Smeets Kristkova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis of value-added tax policy options for Nigeria

Journal of Economic Structures, 2019
The study investigates how government can implement an increase in the rate of value-added tax (VAT) to ensure that the final rate of 15% is achieved in a way that satisfies the public (households and business community) and also ensures maximum revenue ...
Alarudeen Aminu
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Antimicrobial Use in Livestock: The Economic Cost of Action or Inaction

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper quantifies the economy‐wide consequences of two independent global stress‐tests in livestock production. The first assesses the effects of phasing out antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs), and the second evaluates the long‐term impacts of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) progression.
Alejandro Acosta, Wondmagegn Tirkaso, Marco Artavia, Francesco Nicolli, Thomas Chatzopoulos, Sergio René Araujo‐Enciso, Martin Cicowiez, Shaikh Eskander, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Junxia Song   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Regional Economy-Energy-Transport Model of the EU for Assessing Decarbonization in Transport

Energies, 2019
The EU decarbonization strategy foresees deep cuts in CO2 in the transport sector. Investment in infrastructure, manufacturing of new technology vehicles and production of alternative fuels induce macroeconomic changes in activity and employment for both
Ioannis Charalampidis, Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Pantelis Capros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repurposing Agricultural Budgets With Multiple Objectives and Fiscal Constraints: A Multicriteria Decision‐Making Policy Tool Applied to Sub‐Saharan African Countries

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Repurposing agricultural public resources toward higher‐return incentives and investments can help transform agri‐food systems. This is important for low‐income countries, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa, where limited budgets restrict options for boosting agricultural spending.
Marco V. Sánchez, Martín Cicowiez, Lucia Battaglia, Valentina Pernechele   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Green and Blue Dividends and Environmental Tax Reform: Dynamic CGE Model

, 2018
The challenge of climate change needs to be tackled with environmental policies carefully designed for achieving environmental benets and avoiding negative economic eects. The introduction of an environmental tax in the economic system, can generate a double benet represented by the attainment of the environmental target (rst or green dividend) and ...
PRETAROLI, ROSITA, SEVERINI, FRANCESCA, SOCCI, CLAUDIO   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Fertilising Climate Policy: The Dual Impact of CBAM on EU Agricultural Emissions and Regional Disparities

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), scheduled to become fully operational in 2026, is designed to complement the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) by replacing free emission allowances and preventing carbon leakage to non‐EU regions. CBAM initially covers energy‐intensive sectors, including mineral nitrogen (N) fertiliser production.
Davit Stepanyan, Omid Zamani, Claudia Heidecke, Janine Pelikan, Jörg Rieger, Bernhard Osterburg, Alexander Gocht   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impacts on Regional Development and “Resource Curse” by Energy Substitution Policy: Verification from China

Energies
With the increasing “resource curse” phenomena relating to energy resources in China, research concerning energy substitution policies has become more meaningful. In this paper, a dynamic CGE model was built to evaluate the impacts of energy substitution
Xiaoliang Xu, Rong Huang, Han Cai
doaj   +1 more source

The Investigation of Impact of Complement Policy for Energy Price Policy Reform on Transport Sector in Iran by Computable General Equilibrium [PDF]

Pizhūhishnāmah-i Iqtiṣād-i Inirzhī-i Īrān, 2014
With regard to the ever-increasing need for energy in current societies to satisfy various requirements, scientists and researchers from different countries, such as Iran, have a basic approach in their agenda to achieve renewable energies، The ...
Roholla Mahdavi
doaj