Essays about: "Swedish tax policy change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words Swedish tax policy change.

  1. 1. Don’t go nuts over nuts : an analysis of policy to reduce water scarcity caused by nuts

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Hanna Vinberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumption; demand; dietary change; elasticity; food policy; nuts; water footprint; water scarcity;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the potential possibilities of reducing water scarcity, by targeting the water intensive consumption of nuts. Therefore, the research question is if consumption-based policies can decrease the consumption of nuts in Sweden, in order to reduce water scarcity in sensitive areas. READ MORE

  3. 2. The cornerstone of EU climate policy: does it impact innovation? Long-term evidence from the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Simon Wiklander; [2022]
    Keywords : Environmental Policy; Carbon Pricing; Emissions Trading System; Hicks Induced Innovation Hypothesis; Emissions Reduction; Pulp and Paper Industry; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is a cornerstone of the union’s strategy to mitigate climate change and innovation is integral to emissions reduction, as well as an aim of the policy. To study if the EU ETS is associated with increased innovation, the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry (PPI) poses an interesting case. READ MORE

  4. 3. There is no place like home, or is there? : A difference-in-differences analysis of the effect of the 2013 Swedish corporate tax policy change on Swedish multinational companies’ tax avoidance

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Victor Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : tax avoidance; tax havens; multinational companies; corporate tax;

    Abstract : Recent empirical literature has provided greater insight into the strategies and the extent of multinational companies’ tax avoidance. Simultaneously, in the last decades, the corporate tax rate has gradually decreased in most developed countries, often in the interest of attracting foreign investment. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Effects of climate policy on productivity : An evaluation of emission and energy taxes on industry performance

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Filip Högvall; [2020]
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    Abstract : In the struggle against climate change, policymakers are faced with the difficult problem of maintaining economic growth while trying to reduce emissions. This paper studies the effect of the carbon emission tax, EU ETS and energy taxes on Swedish industry productivity between 2009-2018 with the purpose of evaluating the Porter hypothesis. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can carbon taxes stimulate clean innovation? Evidence from the Swedish experience

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Linnea Englund Davidsson; Alessandro Festante; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate policy; National Carbon Tax; Clean Innovation; Synthetic Control Method;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the impact of national carbon taxes on clean innovation. We employ the novel synthetic control method to estimate the effect of the Swedish carbon tax, introduced in 1991, on climate change mitigating technology patents. We estimate that the Swedish carbon tax increased clean technology patents by 14. READ MORE