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Value Capture for Transportation Finance [PDF]

open access: yes
As vehicles become more fuel-efficient and overall levels of travel stagnate in response to increases in fuel prices, conventional sources of revenue for transportation finance such as taxes on motor fuels have been put under increasing pressure.
David Levinson   +2 more
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Solar Fuels Via Methane Valorization: Thermochemical Pathways, Unified Metrics, and Techno‐Economic Perspectives

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
A first‐of‐its‐kind review benchmarks three solar methane valorization pathways with unified performance metrics for clean fuel production. Meeting global climate targets and sustainable energy demands requires carbon‐neutral fuels and innovative conversion pathways.
Muhammad Abdulmoez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Theory of User-Fee Competition [PDF]

open access: yes
We develop a two-region model where the decentralized provision of spillover goods can be financed by means of taxes or user fees. In order to enforce the fees regions have to invest in exclusion.
Clemens Fuest, Martin Kolmar
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From Contingency Management to Transformative Climate Risk Adaptation? Analysis of Private Sector Agency in Navigating Complex Climate Risk Realities

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing complexity and severity of cross‐border climate risks characterised by non‐linear impact chains and deep uncertainty questions the capacity of environmental governance to tackle these problems effectively and in a just manner. To increase the efficiency of climate action, the private sector has been called upon to leverage market ...
Päivi Tikkakoski, Sirkku Juhola
wiley   +1 more source

INTEGRATION OF FEES FOR THE USE OF BUILDING LAND INTO A PROPERTY TAX

open access: yesPravo, 2015
This paper will show the chronological changes of legislation relating to property taxes in the statics and fees for the use of building land, as well as the effects of the application of the legislative changes in practice.
Violeta Miladinović
doaj  

Insuring Educational Risk: Opportunities versus Income [PDF]

open access: yes
We develop a model of education where individuals face educational risk. Successfully entering the skilled labor sector depends on individual effort in education and public resources, but educational risk still causes (income) inequality. We show that an
Benjamin Weigert, Dirk Schindler
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Environmental Policy Without Implementation? A Review of Factors Contributing to Implementation Gaps in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sound formation of robust environmental policies is increasingly important for low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to achieve their national objectives and international commitments. However, policy implementation can be complex, and environmental policies may not be prioritised given other critical socio‐economic development issues ...
Rebecca K. M. Clube, Julia Tomei
wiley   +1 more source

Financing Cities [PDF]

open access: yes
The macro-economic and micro-economic evidences makes a persuasive case for cities as important centers for productive efficiency, innnovation, and economic growth.
Robert Inman
core  

Fee-Setting Mechanisms: On Optimal Pricing by Intermediaries and Indirect Taxation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Mechanisms according to which private intermediaries or governments charge transaction fees or indirect taxes are prevalent in practice. We consider a setup with multiple buyers and sellers and two-sided independent private information about ...
Loertscher, Simon, Niedermayer, Andras
core   +1 more source

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