Low‐carbon transition risks for finance

G Semieniuk, E Campiglio, JF Mercure… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The transition to a low‐carbon economy will entail a large‐scale structural change. Some
industries will have to expand their relative economic weight, while other industries …

Distributional impacts of carbon pricing: A meta-analysis

N Ohlendorf, M Jakob, JC Minx, C Schröder… - Environmental and …, 2021 - Springer
Understanding the distributional impacts of market-based climate policies is crucial to
design economically efficient climate change mitigation policies that are socially acceptable …

Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being

M Budolfson, F Dennig, F Errickson, S Feindt… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Existing estimates of optimal climate policy ignore the possibility that carbon tax revenues
could be used in a progressive way; model results therefore typically imply that near-term …

The 'end of the world'vs. the 'end of the month': understanding social resistance to sustainability transition agendas, a lesson from the Yellow Vests in France

M Martin, M Islar - Sustainability Science, 2021 - Springer
This paper investigates the Yellow Vests movement and the extent it constitutes an original
platform for resistance to a sustainability transition agenda in the French context. The …

Is a fair energy transition possible? Evidence from the French low-carbon strategy

E Ravigné, F Ghersi, F Nadaud - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
The distributional consequences of environmental policies are a major issue for the public
acceptability of energy transitions, as the Yellow-vest demonstrations highlighted. Our …

On the preferences for an environmentally friendly and fair energy transition: A stated choice experiment for Germany

ED Kanberger, A Ziegler - Energy Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on data from a stated choice experiment in Germany, this paper empirically examines
individual preferences for several components of three hypothetical energy policy packages …

Economic inequality and the value of nature

MA Drupp, JN Meya, S Baumgärtner, MF Quaas - Ecological Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding what influences the value of nature is crucial for informing environmental
policy. From a sustainability perspective, economic valuation should not only seek to …

Integrating climate and social housing policy to alleviate energy poverty: An analysis of targets and instruments in Austria

S Seebauer, M Friesenecker… - Energy Sources, Part B …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Housing conditions are addressed by climate policy in retrofitting buildings and by social
policy in providing affordable and adequate housing. Aim This paper illustrates intersections …

[HTML][HTML] The distributional effects of a nitrogen tax: Evidence from Germany

C Johne, E Schröder, H Ward - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
The high level of nitrogen emissions over the last decades and their adverse impact on the
natural environment and human health are a pressing environmental issue. A nitrogen tax …

The welfare impact of second-best uniform-Pigouvian taxation: evidence from transportation

CR Knittel, R Sandler - American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018 - aeaweb.org
When consumers or firms don't face the true social cost of their actions, market outcomes are
inefficient. In the case of negative externalities, Pigouvian taxes are one way to correct this …