Co2 Emissions
Fatemeh Nematollahi; ahmad sadraei javaheri; Ruholla Shanazi
Abstract
Greenhouse gas emission abatement is an important issue at the center of attention worldwide with the aim of achieving sustainable economic growth. One of the policies put forward in this area is to subsidize investment in research and development and to levy tax on fossil fuels in order to make appropriate ...
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Greenhouse gas emission abatement is an important issue at the center of attention worldwide with the aim of achieving sustainable economic growth. One of the policies put forward in this area is to subsidize investment in research and development and to levy tax on fossil fuels in order to make appropriate technical changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The present paper determines the subsidy rate for investment in research and development to double it with using a computable general equilibrium model. It considers in the first scenarios subsidy payment for investment and in the second scenarios subsidy payment along with, the taxation of fossil fuel consumption. It then examines the economic, welfare and environmental impacts of these policies. The results of modeling and calibration show that in the first scenario, the subsidy rate for investment in research and development is 9.4% and in the second scenario it is 9. 1%. Meanwhile, the tax rate for fossil fuels in the second scenario is 2.5%. The results indicate a reduction in welfare in both scenarios, regardless of the social gains of reducing emissions. The results also show that both the energy tax policy, and research and development subsidy policy is able to reduce energy consumption and air pollution.
Khadijeh Nasrollahi; Reza Hosseiny
Volume 2, Issue 6 , May 2012, , Pages 70-45
Abstract
One of the industries which may affect the law enforcement of subsidies targeting is rubber industries. One of the factors affecting product’s cost price is energy price and because product's cost price is the source of competitiveness for an industry in market so this research analyzes ...
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One of the industries which may affect the law enforcement of subsidies targeting is rubber industries. One of the factors affecting product’s cost price is energy price and because product's cost price is the source of competitiveness for an industry in market so this research analyzes the effects of this law on competitiveness of the rubber industry's products. Generally, the concepts of competitive advantage and coefficients protection are used to analyze the effect of removal energy subsidies on competitiveness of Yazd rubber industry complex's products. The results indicate the existence of competitive cost in Radial and Tube factories before removal energy subsidies. After removal energy subsidies Tube's products maintained their competitive advantage but Radial's products have lost their competitive advantage. Bios products don’t have competitive advantage before and after removal energy subsidies. However, the Bios products are strongly supported and Radial's support is negligible and Tube productions are not protected at all.
