Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Carbon taxes"”.
-
Three Essays in Economic Analyses of Carbon Taxes
… essays investigating the economic impacts of carbon taxes. In all three essays, I examined British Columbia's revenue-neutral carbon tax implemented in 2008. Chapter 1 focuses on the employment effect of the policy. I find that while all industries appear to benefit from recycling of tax …
-
Fueling an Energy Transition: Designing an Optimal Portfolio of Competing Fuels Under Uncertainty
… that learning rates can be complementary with carbon taxes and competition, which has implications for policymakers: (3) Encouraging market participation reduces fuel costs through learning. This increases investment in the emerging fuel by a greater amount than improved competition alone. (4) …
-
Essays in Macroeconomics and Climate Change Mitigation
As carbon emissions reach unprecedented levels and threats of climate change mount, countries all over the world are racing to implement climate change mitigation policies to limit their carbon footprint and minimize climate risk. This dissertation explores the macroeconomic effects of climate …
-
A Carbon-Conscious Closed-Loop Bi-Objective p-hub Location Problem
… sustainable CLSCs have generally implemented a Carbon Cap Trading (CCT), Carbon Cap (CC), or Carbon Taxes methodology to set carbon emissions limits but fail to minimize these emissions explicitly. Moreover, the traditional CCT model discourages investment in greener technologies by favoring …
-
A Data-Driven Approach for the Development of a Decision Making Framework for Geological CO2 Sequestration in Unmineable Coal Seams
In today's energy constrained world, carbon capture and sequestration can play an essential role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, while simultaneously maintaining a robust and affordable energy supply. This technology is an end-of-pipe solution that does not contribute to a decrease of the …
-
Are South African Businesses Adapting To The Demands Of The Carbon Tax Policy ? A Case Of Distell
… which was predominately used in Europe, and the Carbon Tax policy, which is being used in South Africa and is the focus of this paper. The carbon tax system is designed to put a value on GHG emissions when businesses produce goods and services. This research focuses on whether South African …
-
Labor Market Adjustments: Evidence From British Columbia's Carbon Tax
… Exploiting the introduction of a revenue-neutral carbon tax in British Columbia (BC), I find that environmental taxes, though revenue-neutral, tax away jobs. Chapter 2 exploits BC's carbon tax to study how jobs and wages are cut. It uncovers the dynamics of unemployment and wage effects. While the …
-
ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC POLICY AND FIRM DYNAMICS
… In Chapter 1, I study the second-best optimal carbon taxes when negative externalities from carbon emissions coexist with another inefficiency, specifically, the misallocation of production inputs across heterogeneous firms. This research holds relevance because governments may possess policy …
-
Techno-economic Analysis and Strategic Decarbonization of the Indian Cement Industry
… goals depends heavily on India's ability to decarbonize its fast-growing industry sector, primarily cement and iron & steel. For India to decarbonize its cement sector, several challenges exist calling for strategic decision making in the Indian Cement Industry to mitigate climate impacts and …