Tax Expenditures and Sustainability. An Overview
Agustin Redonda | 11 November 2016
Discussion Notes,
Fiscal | Tags:
Employment,
Energy,
Fossil Fuel Subsidies,
Health,
Housing,
Inequality,
Innovation,
Patent Boxes,
Pensions,
Tax Expenditures,
VAT Fiscal policy has significant effects on a broad sustainability agenda covering long-term economic, social and environmental goals. However, whereas a myriad of actors scrutinize taxation as well as direct government spending with regard to their impact on sustainability, a key feature of fiscal policy has
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Climate Change, Carbon Pricing and Energy Tax Expenditures
Agustin Redonda | 6 October 2016
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Carbon Pricing,
Climate Change,
Energy,
Tax Expenditures Climate change is moving up policy agendas worldwide. Last year’s COP21 was yet another wake-up call that the international community needs to take urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The main outcome of the meeting, the Paris Agreement, was a significant milestone in
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Energy Subsidies – Widespread, Significant, and Largely Not Reaching the Poor
Fernando Navajas | 18 April 2016
Blog,
Fiscal | Tags:
Energy,
Inequality,
Subsidies Energy subsidies are widespread and significant. In 2014, according to the IEA (2015), government support for global fossil fuel consumption amounted to 490 billion US$. An IMF working paper (Coady et al., 2015) reports even higher numbers. Distinguishing between subsidies before (pre) and after (post)
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Looking for a Way out the Subsidies Labyrinth in Argentina
Lucio Castro | 16 October 2015
Blog,
Fiscal,
Monetary | Tags:
Energy,
Inflation,
Subsidies In the midst of a heated electoral campaign, subsidies are at the centre of the political debate in Argentina. Shock or gradual approaches to reform those transfers have emerged as the buzzwords of the moment as the presidential race heats up.
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Low Interest Rates: An Opportunity for Renewables
Pierre Monnin | 8 July 2015
Blog,
Monetary | Tags:
Energy,
Interest Rates Putting the economy on an environmentally sustainable path requires a serious shift into green technologies. Such a shift includes substantial investments in technologies that are based on renewable energy to produce electricity – referred to hereinafter as “green energy technologies”. Interest rates directly and significantly
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