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No. 125 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Global Effects of the European Carbon Tax
The aim of this paper is to analyse the implications of the European Commission proposal of a mixed energy cum carbon tax to curb CO2 emissions from a global perspective. The paper deals with the effects of this proposal on emissions and welfare in... |
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No. 124 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Chinese Economic Area
This paper describes the de facto economic integration taking place between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- the "Chinese Economic Area" -- and analyses basic factors underlying the process. Even in the face of weak economic performance in OECD... |
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No. 123 | 01 Jan 1992 |
New Issues, New Results
This paper surveys empirical studies of the costs of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It updates and extends an earlier paper, which focused on baseline emission scenarios and the aggregate cost of emission reductions. It attempts to explain some... |
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No. 122 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
This paper summarises and analyses results of the OECD's Model Comparisons Project. The aim of the project is to better understand differences across six global models in the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In order to facilitate... |
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No. 121 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Results for the OECD Comparative Modelling Project from the Whalley-Wigle Model
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The paper provides evidence on; i) projected... |
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No. 120 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Les indicateurs de compétitivité et de commerce internationaux de l'OCDE
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation... |
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No. 120 | 01 Jan 1992 |
OECD's Indicators of International Trade and Competitiveness
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation... |
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No. 118 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised scenarios. This paper provides evidence of regional differences with... |
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No. 117 | 01 Apr 1992 |
Adjustment under Fixed Exchange Rates
The increasing, and ultimately complete, fixity of exchange rates between countries entering into the European Monetary Union (EMU) throws the burden of adjustment onto labour and product markets. At present, most countries adhering to the exchange... |
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No. 116 | 01 Jan 1992 |
GREEN a Multi-Sector, Multi-Region General Equilibrium Model for Quantifying the Costs of Curbing CO2 Emissions
The OECD Secretariat has developed a multi-region, multi-sector, dynamic applied general equilibrium (AGE) model to quantify the economy-wide and global costs of policies to curb emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project is called the GeneRal... |
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No. 115 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
This paper presents simulation results using the OECD Secretariat's GREEN model to quantify the economic costs of possible international agreements to curb CO2 emissions. These results supersede the initial GREEN results published in Working Paper... |
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No. 114 | 01 Apr 1992 |
Carbon Taxes and CO2 Emissions Targets
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The IEA model is an econometric energy model with... |
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No. 113 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Use of the Edmonds-Reilly Model to Model Energy-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The Edmonds-Reilly Model was modified and run... |
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No. 112 | 01 Jan 1992 |
The Welfare Effects of Fossil Carbon Restrictions
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the cost of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The project provides evidence on: i)projected... |
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No. 111 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Global 2100
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the cost of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The project provides evidence on: i)projected... |
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No. 110 | 01 Jan 1992 |
Energy Taxation and Price Distortions in Fossil Fuel Markets
In response to the potential threat of global warming many countries are considering cost effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this context much attention has been paid to taxes levied on the carbon content of fuels (carbon... |
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No. 109 | 01 Apr 1992 |
The Information Content of Interest Rate Spreads Across Financial Systems
This paper examines whether information asymmetries and agency costs vary across OECD countries depending on the nature of their financial system. It does this by examining whether the predictive power of the spread between yields on private and... |
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No. 108 | 01 Apr 1992 |
Is There a Future for Capital Income Taxation?
This paper examines the future of capital income taxation in a world of capital mobility. It first explores the motivation for personal and corporate income taxation in an open economy and argues that policymakers should view these taxes as having... |
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No. 107 | 01 Jan 1992 |
A "Credit Crunch"?
This paper examines the recent slowdown in bank lending that has affected several large OECD countries. The analysis begins with a description of the importance of bank credit in the financial systems of the countries considered. The origins of the... |
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No. 106 | 01 Jan 1991 |
Energy Prices, Taxes and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Taxes levied on the carbon content of fuels (carbon taxes) are being considered in many OECD countries as a possible policy instrument to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This paper first reviews the policy response in Member countries to the threat... |
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Global Effects of the European Carbon Tax
Giuseppe Nicoletti and Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1992
The aim of this paper is to analyse the implications of the European Commission proposal of a mixed energy cum carbon tax to curb CO2 emissions from a global perspective. The paper deals with the effects of this proposal on emissions and welfare in...
The Chinese Economic Area
Randall S. Jones, Robert King and Michael Klein
01 Jan 1992
This paper describes the de facto economic integration taking place between China, Hong Kong and Taiwan -- the "Chinese Economic Area" -- and analyses basic factors underlying the process. Even in the face of weak economic performance in OECD...
New Issues, New Results
Peter Hoeller, Andrew Dean and Masahiro Hayafuji
01 Jan 1992
This paper surveys empirical studies of the costs of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It updates and extends an earlier paper, which focused on baseline emission scenarios and the aggregate cost of emission reductions. It attempts to explain some...
Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Andrew Dean and Peter Hoeller
01 Jan 1992
This paper summarises and analyses results of the OECD's Model Comparisons Project. The aim of the project is to better understand differences across six global models in the cost of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. In order to facilitate...
Results for the OECD Comparative Modelling Project from the Whalley-Wigle Model
John Whalley and Randall Wigle
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The paper provides evidence on; i) projected...
Les indicateurs de compétitivité et de commerce internationaux de l'OCDE
Martine Durand, Jacques Simon and Colin Webb
01 Jan 1992
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation...
OECD's Indicators of International Trade and Competitiveness
Martine Durand, Jacques Simon and Colin Webb
01 Jan 1992
This paper presents the methodology adopted by the Economics Department to calculate indices of effective exchange rates and indicators of competitiveness, based on unit labour costs and export unit values in the manufacturing sector. The calculation...
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin and Giuseppe Nicoletti
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised scenarios. This paper provides evidence of regional differences with...
Adjustment under Fixed Exchange Rates
A. Steven Englander and Thomas Egebo
01 Apr 1992
The increasing, and ultimately complete, fixity of exchange rates between countries entering into the European Monetary Union (EMU) throws the burden of adjustment onto labour and product markets. At present, most countries adhering to the exchange...
GREEN a Multi-Sector, Multi-Region General Equilibrium Model for Quantifying the Costs of Curbing CO2 Emissions
Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1992
The OECD Secretariat has developed a multi-region, multi-sector, dynamic applied general equilibrium (AGE) model to quantify the economy-wide and global costs of policies to curb emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). The project is called the GeneRal...
The Costs of Reducing CO2 Emissions
Jean-Marc Burniaux, John P. Martin, Giuseppe Nicoletti and Joaquim Oliveira Martins
01 Jan 1992
This paper presents simulation results using the OECD Secretariat's GREEN model to quantify the economic costs of possible international agreements to curb CO2 emissions. These results supersede the initial GREEN results published in Working Paper...
Carbon Taxes and CO2 Emissions Targets
E. Lakis Vouyoukas
01 Apr 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The IEA model is an econometric energy model with...
Use of the Edmonds-Reilly Model to Model Energy-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions
D. W. Barns, J. A. Edmonds and J. M. Reilly
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the costs of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The Edmonds-Reilly Model was modified and run...
The Welfare Effects of Fossil Carbon Restrictions
Thomas Rutherford
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the cost of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The project provides evidence on: i)projected...
Global 2100
Alan S. Manne
01 Jan 1992
This paper forms part of an OECD project which addresses the issue of the cost of reducing CO2 emissions by comparing the results from six global models of a set of standardised reduction scenarios. The project provides evidence on: i)projected...
Energy Taxation and Price Distortions in Fossil Fuel Markets
Peter Hoeller and Jonathan Coppel
01 Jan 1992
In response to the potential threat of global warming many countries are considering cost effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this context much attention has been paid to taxes levied on the carbon content of fuels (carbon...
The Information Content of Interest Rate Spreads Across Financial Systems
Frank Browne and Warren Tease
01 Apr 1992
This paper examines whether information asymmetries and agency costs vary across OECD countries depending on the nature of their financial system. It does this by examining whether the predictive power of the spread between yields on private and...
Is There a Future for Capital Income Taxation?
Jack M. Mintz
01 Apr 1992
This paper examines the future of capital income taxation in a world of capital mobility. It first explores the motivation for personal and corporate income taxation in an open economy and argues that policymakers should view these taxes as having...
A "Credit Crunch"?
Paul Francis O'Brien and Frank Browne
01 Jan 1992
This paper examines the recent slowdown in bank lending that has affected several large OECD countries. The analysis begins with a description of the importance of bank credit in the financial systems of the countries considered. The origins of the...
Energy Prices, Taxes and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Peter Hoeller and Markku Wallin
01 Jan 1991
Taxes levied on the carbon content of fuels (carbon taxes) are being considered in many OECD countries as a possible policy instrument to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This paper first reviews the policy response in Member countries to the threat...