Series: Fiscal Monitor
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
October
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498321228.089
ISBN: 9781498321228
This report emphasizes the environmental, fiscal, economic, and administrative case for using carbon taxes, or similar pricing schemes such as emission trading systems, to implement climate mitigation strategies. I...
Volume/Issue: 2014/228
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Semih Tumen
,
Deren Unalmis
,
Ibrahim Unalmis
, and
Filiz Unsal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2014
ISBN: 9781475573688
This paper investigates the mechanisms through which environmental taxes on fossil fuel usage can affect the main macroeconomic variables in the short-run. We concentrate on a particular mechanism: speculative stor...
Volume/Issue: 2011/296
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Luc Eyraud
,
Changchang Zhang
,
Abdoul Wane
, and
Benedict Clements
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2011
ISBN: 9781463927301
This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for...
Volume/Issue: 2007/299
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jon Strand
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2007
ISBN: 9781451868623
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared...
Volume/Issue: 2014/174
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ian Parry
,
Chandara Veung
, and
Dirk Heine
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
September
2014
ISBN: 9781498358279
This paper calculates, for the top twenty emitting countries, how much pricing of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is in their own national interests due to domestic co-benefits (leaving aside the global climate bene...
Volume/Issue: 2019/89
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
David Coady
,
Ian Parry
,
Nghia-Piotr Le
, and
Baoping Shang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
May
2019
ISBN: 9781484393178
This paper updates estimates of fossil fuel subsidies, defined as fuel consumption times the gap between existing and efficient prices (i.e., prices warranted by supply costs, environmental costs, and revenue consi...
Series: Fiscal Monitor
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
October
2019
ISBN: 9781498321228
Introduction
Without substantial mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures are projected to rise by around 4°C above preindustrial levels by 2100 (they have already...
Volume/Issue: 2014/228
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Semih Tumen
,
Deren Unalmis
,
Ibrahim Unalmis
, and
Filiz Unsal
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475573688.001
ISBN: 9781475573688
This paper investigates the mechanisms through which environmental taxes on fossil fuel usage can affect the main macroeconomic variables in the short-run. We concentrate on a particular mechanism: speculative stor...
Volume/Issue: 2011/296
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Luc Eyraud
,
Changchang Zhang
,
Abdoul Wane
, and
Benedict Clements
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463927301.001
ISBN: 9781463927301
This paper fills a gap in the macroeconomic literature on renewable sources of energy. It offers a definition of green investment and analyzes the trends and determinants of this investment over the last decade for...
Volume/Issue: 2007/299
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jon Strand
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451868623.001
ISBN: 9781451868623
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared...