Essays about: "Market-based policy instruments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Market-based policy instruments.

  1. 1. The Effect of Environmental Policy Stringency on Environmental Innovations - A Cross Country Comparison

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Anna Jahre; Anna Nordin; [2020-06-30]
    Keywords : Policy stringency; environmental-regulations; innovations; EPS; eco-patents; Porter Hypthesis;

    Abstract : This thesis is a cross-country comparison based on panel-data across 30 countries from 1990-2012. It uses a Negative Binomial Regression Model to test The Porter Hypothesis to see if environmental policy stringency affects the number of environmental innovations in a country. READ MORE

  3. 2. Assessing the impact of policy instruments on food waste reduction in the EU

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Lena Krautscheid; [2020]
    Keywords : Food waste; Surplus food; Sustainable Development; Policy instruments; Food value chain; Waste management; Waste disposal;

    Abstract : The issue of food waste and loss is becoming a critical issue all around the globe, resulting in an unsustainable food system. Therefore, food waste reduction is essential to provide food security and combat environmental impacts that deprive agricultural production in the upcoming decades. READ MORE

  4. 3. The impact of environmental policy stringency on FDI flows: Evidence from BRIICS-OECD flow panel dataset

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Sacks; [2018]
    Keywords : environmental policy stringency; pollution haven; FDI; fixed effects; location hypothesis; BRIICS; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Paris Agreement has increased interest in environmental policy research, which has alerted that companies will relocate their investment to countries with less stringent environmental standards. This pollution haven effect, although theoretically analyzed, has wide-ranging empirical results which are highly dependent on the selected case and proxy for environmental policy stringency. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reducing emissions in the Mexican power sector : Economic and political feasibility analysis of policy mechanisms

    University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

    Author : Camila Barragán; [2017]
    Keywords : Mexico; market-based instruments; carbon-pricing; climate policy; electricity; political economy; Balmorel;

    Abstract : A comparative assessment of market-based climate policy instruments –carbon tax vs. ETS– for emission reduction in the Mexican electricity sector is presented. Model-based scenarios of different tax and cap levels were simulated on an existing Balmorel partial equilibrium model populated with data from the Mexican electricity system. READ MORE

  6. 5. Credit Guarantee Schemes in European Economies: The Potential Impact of Different Financial Systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sandra Hall; [2016]
    Keywords : Credit guarantee scheme; SME; financial system; capital market; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises is argued to be suffering from market disequilibrium with information asymmetries, adverse selection and capital rationing being present. Different instruments can and have been used by policy makers to try to battle these problems. READ MORE