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The Effectiveness of Differentiation of the Finnish Car Purchase Tax according to Carbon Dioxide Emission Performance
(VATT Institute for Economic Research, 2012-03-06)
The study concerns an assessment of the effectiveness of car purchase tax differentiation according to the CO2-emission performance of newly sold cars as implemented in Finland. This policy instrument came into force as ...
Selecting Instruments for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy in Finland
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2000-12-31)
This report discusses the pro's and con's of different types of policy instruments for climate policy in Finland in relation to a systematic selection and evaluation of these instruments given the dual objectives of effective ...
Taxation, Employment and the Environment - General Equilibrium Analysis with Unionised Labour Markets
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 1999-01-01)
We evaluate the effects of labour and environmental taxes in a general equilibrium model with unionised labour markets and involuntary unemployment. Environmental externality is related to the consumption of a polluting ...
Essays on globalization - Policies in trade, development, resources and climate change
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2009-03-26)
This research study on globalization consists of an introduction on the methodology applied, a summary and four independent essays focussing on applied policy research in international trade. The study follows the CGE ...
Putting a Price on Carbon – Econometric Essays on the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and its Impacts
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2013-03-20)
This dissertation examines the main instrument of the European Union climate policy, the emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) during its first years. Emission trading provides a cost-efficient way to reduce emissions. It ...
Essays on auction mechanisms and information in regulating pollution
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus VATT, 2014-04-15)
Environmental regulation often has to be designed using asymmetric and incomplete information. Polluting firms, for instance, are normally privately better informed than the regulator with regard to the costs of reducing ...
The overall economic and environmental effectiveness of a combined carbon footprinting and feedback system - Climate Bonus project report (WP6)
(VATT Institute for Economic Research, 2009-12-31)
This report is the fifth in a series of reports produced by the Climate Bonus study. In this project is surveyed what are the possibilities and effectiveness of the combined use of (1) verified carbon footprints (possibly ...
Towards certified carbon footprints of products - a road map for data production - Climate Bonus project report (WP3)
(VATT Institute for Economic Research, 2009-10-30)
This report is a part of a series of reports from the Climate Bonus project. The report illustrates the basic structure of a system that could produce strict and reliable data needed for generating product-oriented carbon ...
Reviewing key building blocks of an integrated carbon footprinting and consumer purchases' monitoring reward system - interaction with the consumer - Climate Bonus project report (WP4)
(VATT Institute for Economic Research, 2009-09-23)
This report is the third in a series of reports produced by the Climate Bonus study. In this project is surveyed what are the possibilities and effectiveness of the combined use of (1) verified carbon footprints (possibly ...
The implications of climate change for extreme weather events and their socio-economic consequences in Finland
(VATT Institute for Economic Research, 2010-07-07)
This publication reports on the main findings of the entire TOLERATE project, which was an integrated natural science – social science project for the assessment of climate changed induced changes of extreme weather events ...