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Chapter 19 A Final Word: Views of the Sovereigns »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
A. Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund: Looking Forward Aaron Brown and Rod Matheson Under the constitution in Canada, all natural resources belong to and ar...

Chapter 8. Carbon Pricing: Lessons Derived from Experience* »
Source: Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Key Messages for Policymakers Although replacing regulatory emissions control policies with market-based inst...

Chapter 13. Carbon Tax Burdens on Low-Income Households: A Reason for Delaying Climate Policy? »
Source: Inequality and Fiscal Policy
Series: Books
Author(s): Benedict Clements , Ruud Mooij , Sanjeev Gupta , and Michael Keen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 September 2015
ISBN: 9781513567754
Keywords: income, tax, taxes, revenue, health
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...

Chapter 3. Emissions Pricing to Stabilize Global Climate* »
Source: Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Key Messages for Policymakers Without significant emissions mitigation actions, projected “likely” global atm...

Chapter 7. Fiscal Instruments for Climate Finance »
Source: Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Key Messages for Policymakers Developed economies have pledged to generate, from 2020, US$100 billion per yea...

Chapter 5. Forest Carbon Sequestration* »
Source: Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Key Messages for Policymakers An efficient forest carbon sequestration program could account for about a quar...

Chapter 2 From Reserves Accumulation to Sovereign Wealth Fund: Policy and Macrofinancial Considerations »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are attracting increasing attention. SWFs are not new, and some of the longer-established funds—for example, those of Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, and Singapore—have existed for decades....

Chapter 2. How to Design a Carbon Tax »
Source: Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Key Messages for Policymakers Market-based instruments like carbon taxes are potentially the most effective p...

Chapter 12 Managing a Sovereign Wealth Fund: A View from Practitioners »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) often have dual natures, serving both nonfinancial and financial objectives. On the one hand, they are created to achieve domestic and political aims, which can lead to strategi...

Chapter 6. Mitigation and Fuel Pricing in Developing Economies* »
Source: Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change : A Guide for Policymakers
Series: Books
Author(s): Ruud Mooij , Michael Keen , and Ian Parry
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 September 2012
ISBN: 9781616353933
Keywords: Climate policy, co2, forest, forests, subsidies, climate finance
Key Messages for Policymakers Low- and lower-middle-income countries contribute only about 12 percent of glob...