Volume/Issue: 16/4
Series: IMF Research Bulletin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
January
2016
ISBN: 9781498322461
The December issue of the Research Bulletin looks at 'Seven Questions about Climate Change' (Rabah Arezki and Akito Matsumoto). The Research Summaries review 'Winning the Oil Lottery: The Impact of Natural Resource...
Volume/Issue: 2016/1
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Mai Farid
,
Michael Keen
,
Michael Papaioannou
,
Ian Parry
,
Catherine Pattillo
, and
Anna Ter-Martirosyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
January
2016
ISBN: 9781513506562
This paper discusses the implications of climate change for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies. Most pressing is the use of carbon taxes (or equivalent trading systems) to implement the emissions mitigat...
Volume/Issue: 2016/1
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Mai Farid
,
Michael Keen
,
Michael Papaioannou
,
Ian Parry
,
Catherine Pattillo
, and
Anna Ter-Martirosyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
January
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513506562.006
ISBN: 9781513506562
This paper discusses the implications of climate change for fiscal, financial, and macroeconomic policies. Most pressing is the use of carbon taxes (or equivalent trading systems) to implement the emissions mitigat...
Volume/Issue: 52/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2015
ISBN: 9781475537161
This article presents an overview of the life of Richard Layard, who believes that the basic purpose of economics is the maximization of happiness and well-being. As director of the Wellbeing Programme at the Londo...
Volume/Issue: 52/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2015
ISBN: 9781475537161
This article presents an overview of the life of Richard Layard, who believes that the basic purpose of economics is the maximization of happiness and well-being. As director of the Wellbeing Programme at the Londo...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Benedict Clements
,
Ruud Mooij
,
Sanjeev Gupta
, and
Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
September
2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Introduction
Without strong measures to mitigate carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases, global temperatures are projected to rise by about 3–4°C over preindustrial levels b...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Ian Parry
,
Dirk Heine
,
Eliza Lis
, and
Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
July
2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Encouraging environmentally sustainable growth is a problem faced by all countries. The beauty of fiscal instruments such as environmental taxes or tax-like instruments is that (albeit with some important ca...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Ian Parry
,
Dirk Heine
,
Eliza Lis
, and
Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
July
2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
Fossil fuels are used pervasively to generate electricity, power transportation vehicles, and provide heat for buildings and manufacturing processes. Fuel combustion produces carbon...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Ian Parry
,
Dirk Heine
,
Eliza Lis
, and
Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
July
2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
This chapter consists of three sections focused on the three major, non-pollution-related externalities from motor vehicles: traffic congestion, traffic accidents, and (to a much le...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Ian Parry
,
Dirk Heine
,
Eliza Lis
, and
Shanjun Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
July
2014
ISBN: 9781484388570
This chapter begins with a brief review of the literature on valuing climate change damage from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The heart of the chapter is about measuring damage fr...
