Search for dissertations about: "environmental policy CGE model"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental policy CGE model.
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1. Essays on environmental and development economics : Public policy, resource prices and global warming
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers, which are all related to important environmental and natural resource issues from a developing country perspective.Paper [I] concerns climate policy and addresses the potential welfare gains of introducing a technology transfer from the North (richer countries) to the South (poorer countries). READ MORE
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2. Transport and environment incentive policy instruments : effects and interactions
Abstract : This dissertation studies issues related to the evaluation of the effects and interactions of transport and environmental incentive policy instruments. Essay 1: Green cars sterilize congestion charges: a model analysis of the reduced impact of Stockholm road tolls calibrates a modal-choice model with data from the Stockholm road toll and uses it to study the sensitivity of congestion toll effects to some seemly subtle changes in the toll system design and external circumstances. READ MORE
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3. National Energy System Modelling for Supporting Energy and Climate Policy Decision-making: The Case of Sweden
Abstract : Energy system models can contribute in evaluating impacts of energy and climate policies. The process of working with energy system models assists the understanding of the quantita-tive relationships between different parts of the energy system and between different time periods, under various assumptions. READ MORE
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4. Taxation of intermediate goods : a CGE analysis
Abstract : This dissertation is concerned with tax rates for the use of commodities in general, and energy in particular. Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are used to analyze the normative question of whether the tax rate for intermediate use by firms should be the same as the tax rate for final consumption by households. READ MORE
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5. Three essays on Swedish energy and climate policy options : dynamic CGE-models with heterogeneous forests and an econometric model of fuel substitution in district heating plants
Abstract : This thesis contains three papers. Paper I: Demand for waste as fuel in the Swedish district heating sector: a production function approach. READ MORE