Essays about: "Quantity tax"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the words Quantity tax.

  1. 6. On the limitations of current support mechanisms for solar electricity in Sweden : A quantification of lost opportunities of solar electricity as a consequence of the regulation for tax exemption being insufficiently designed

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Johanna Gustavsson; [2018]
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    Abstract : The Swedish government has set the goal for renewable electricity generation high: 100 % renewable electricity generation by 2040. Further on, the Swedish solar strategy has a target for the same year: 7-14 TWh electricity extracted from solar energy. READ MORE

  3. 7. Should Sweden impose excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in order to improve public health?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Johan Edfeldt; Linn Petersson Edfeldt; [2017]
    Keywords : Excise tax; Sugar-Sweetened beverages SSB ; Sugar tax; Quantity tax; Value tax ad valorem tax ; Cost-benefit analysis; Scenario analysis; Welfare diseases; Body Mass Index BMI ;

    Abstract : In recent time, several reports have been published about a more and more unhealthy population world wide, with increasing Body Mass Index (BMI) in welfare countries, such as Sweden. Diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, which is strongly connected to a high BMI, have increased and together with them also the medical expenses for society/state. READ MORE

  4. 8. Interaction between the carbon tax and renewable energy support schemes in Colombia- Complementary or overlapping?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Daniela Gutierrez Torres; [2017]
    Keywords : renewable energy support schemes RES-E ; Colombia; Carbon tax; interaction; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Colombia is advancing its mitigation and renewable energy policy instruments implementation. Specifically, the country has introduced support schemes for electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES-E) and a national carbon tax. Therefore, these two instruments interact within the climate-energy policy mix. READ MORE

  5. 9. PRESS RELEASES AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN CORPORATE CRISIS COMMUNICATION: : A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY OF NORDEA AND SAMSUNG

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Alexandra Jokinen; [2017]
    Keywords : Corporate Crisis Communication; Social Media; Press Releases; Nordea; Samsung;

    Abstract : This research looks at how corporates manage crisis communication using press releases and social media channels. It aims to find out how the case corporations Nordea and  Samsung executed their crisis communication during the years 2016 and 2017.The dissertation draws upon literature on organizational crisis and reputation. READ MORE

  6. 10. Surplus Cities : An Investigation in Density Externalities and a Consequent New Approach to Urbanism

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Peter Dabrowski; [2016]
    Keywords : externalities; density; developer; prisoners dilemma; inverse density tax; supply buffer; urbanism;

    Abstract : The founding premise of this paper is simple; that urban density has positive externalities and that these are unaccounted for in the developers’ density choice. This paper looks at the incentive structure of individual developers though a theoretical perspective and shows that the density choice is a suboptimal product of a prisoner’s dilemma game. READ MORE