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No. 153 | 20 Dec 2019 |
An assessment of the social costs and benefits of vehicle tax reform in Ireland
This paper presents the results of an ex post evaluation of the impacts of a vehicle tax reform in Ireland, by carrying out a full social cost benefit analysis of a vehicle tax reform that began in Ireland in 2008 and shows that whilst successful in... |
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No. 152 | 21 Nov 2019 |
Carbon pricing and competitiveness
This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial sectors. Most of these assessments find no statistically significant effects of carbon... |
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No. 151 | 16 Aug 2019 |
Flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations
Based on an in-depth literature review and responses to a survey among OECD member countries, this paper discusses the use of flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations. Such mechanisms can provide flexibility as to how a given environmental... |
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No. 150 | 12 Aug 2019 |
Are environmental tax policies beneficial?
This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of... |
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No. 149 | 19 Jul 2019 |
Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design
Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for... |
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No. 148 | 03 Jul 2019 |
Economic interactions between climate change and outdoor air pollution
Climate change and outdoor air pollution are two of the most challenging environmental issues that modern society faces. These challenges are strongly linked through their emission sources, the sectors they affect and the policies that can be... |
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No. 147 | 22 May 2019 |
Improving economic efficiency and climate mitigation outcomes through international co-ordination on carbon pricing
This paper presents the potential benefits and challenges of enhanced international co-ordination on carbon pricing and outlines the different types and levels of co-ordination that are available for national and sub-national governments. These... |
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No. 146 | 19 Mar 2019 |
Tracking finance flows towards assessing their consistency with climate objectives
Achieving a low-greenhouse gas (GHG) development requires making finance flows consistent with this objective. In order to measure progress to date as well as inform future public action in this area, this paper calls for further efforts to track... |
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No. 145 | 07 Mar 2019 |
The Environmental and Welfare Implications of Parking Policies
Parking policies have significant environmental and economic implications, which have often been left unconsidered. This paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a deeper understanding of the main environmental and economic consequences of... |
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No. 144 | 05 Mar 2019 |
Vintage differentiated regulations and plant survival
This paper assesses the effect of environmental regulations on plant survival and emissions using data on the extent of vintage differentiation of regulations (VDR5) regarding air pollution emission limit values for existing and new coal-fired power... |
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No. 143 | 11 Feb 2019 |
Evaluating the Impact of Urban Road Pricing on the Use of Green Transport Modes
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of congestion pricing on the demand for clean transport modes. To this end, it draws on an empirical analysis of the effect of Milan’s congestion charge on the use of bike sharing. The analysis... |
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No. 142 | 23 Jan 2019 |
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the Impact of Online Sales
Extended producer responsibility or product stewardship is a policy approach that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems aim to make producers responsible for the environmental impacts of their... |
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No. 141 | 13 Dec 2018 |
Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used approaches. It then provides an inventory of... |
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No. 140 | 03 Dec 2018 |
Clean power for a cool planet
Meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires a transformational change in our infrastructure systems. Given the long lifetime of infrastructure, there is an urgency to build more of the right type of it. The failure to do so will... |
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No. 139 | 28 Nov 2018 |
Power struggle: Decarbonising the electricity sector
This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of... |
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No. 138 | 30 Nov 2018 |
OECD Progress Update on Approaches to Mobilising Institutional Investment for Sustainable Infrastructure
The large need for investments in sustainable infrastructure will require investments from the private sector, including institutional investors. This working paper contributes to scaling up investments by analysing public project-level interventions... |
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No. 137 | 21 Nov 2018 |
Impacts of Green Growth Policies on Labour Markets and Wage Income Distribution
This paper explores the consequences on the labour markets of structural changes induced by decarbonisation policies. These policies are likely going to have consequences on labour-income distribution given i) existing rigidities in the labour... |
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No. 136 | 22 Oct 2018 |
Assessing the economic valuation of the benefits of regulating chemicals
This paper reviews and compares five case studies on quantification and economic valuation of benefits in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of regulating phthalates, mercury, PFOA (perfluoro-octanic acid) and its salts, NMP (1 methyl-2-pyrroloidine) and... |
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No. 135 | 16 Oct 2018 |
Mapping support for primary and secondary metal production
Public support for metal extraction and processing has received little attention relative to that for the agriculture, energy, or fisheries sectors. That is perhaps surprising given the potentially environmental harmful character of metal extraction... |
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No. 134 | 06 Jun 2018 |
Economic valuation in formaldehyde regulation
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of formaldehyde and reflects on developments in its risk management and regulation. Formaldehyde is used in the manufacture of resins, as a disinfectant and fixative... |
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An assessment of the social costs and benefits of vehicle tax reform in Ireland
Lisa Ryan, Ivan Petrov, Andrew Kelly, Yulu Guo and Sarah La Monaca
20 Dec 2019
This paper presents the results of an ex post evaluation of the impacts of a vehicle tax reform in Ireland, by carrying out a full social cost benefit analysis of a vehicle tax reform that began in Ireland in 2008 and shows that whilst successful in...
Carbon pricing and competitiveness
Jane Ellis, Daniel Nachtigall and Frank Venmans
21 Nov 2019
This paper reviews ex-post empirical assessments on the impact of carbon pricing on competitiveness in OECD and G20 countries in the electricity and industrial sectors. Most of these assessments find no statistically significant effects of carbon...
Flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations
Nils Axel Braathen
16 Aug 2019
Based on an in-depth literature review and responses to a survey among OECD member countries, this paper discusses the use of flexibility mechanisms in environmental regulations. Such mechanisms can provide flexibility as to how a given environmental...
Are environmental tax policies beneficial?
Jonas Teusch and Nils Axel Braathen
12 Aug 2019
This paper provides a concrete example of how policy analysts can use empirical programme evaluation studies to perform ex-post assessments of environmentally related tax policies. A number of studies credibly identify causal effects of...
Policy approaches to incentivise sustainable plastic design
Emma Watkins, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer, Eeva Leinala and Peter Börkey
19 Jul 2019
Plastics are an important material in the economy but present a challenge for waste management, resource efficiency and the environment. Low rates of recycling and high rates of environmental leakage represent key sustainability challenges for...
Economic interactions between climate change and outdoor air pollution
Elisa Lanzi and Rob Dellink
03 Jul 2019
Climate change and outdoor air pollution are two of the most challenging environmental issues that modern society faces. These challenges are strongly linked through their emission sources, the sectors they affect and the policies that can be...
Improving economic efficiency and climate mitigation outcomes through international co-ordination on carbon pricing
Daniel Nachtigall
22 May 2019
This paper presents the potential benefits and challenges of enhanced international co-ordination on carbon pricing and outlines the different types and levels of co-ordination that are available for national and sub-national governments. These...
Tracking finance flows towards assessing their consistency with climate objectives
Raphaël Jachnik, Mariana Mirabile and Alexander Dobrinevski
19 Mar 2019
Achieving a low-greenhouse gas (GHG) development requires making finance flows consistent with this objective. In order to measure progress to date as well as inform future public action in this area, this paper calls for further efforts to track...
The Environmental and Welfare Implications of Parking Policies
Antonio Russo, Jos van Ommeren and Alexandros Dimitropoulos
07 Mar 2019
Parking policies have significant environmental and economic implications, which have often been left unconsidered. This paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a deeper understanding of the main environmental and economic consequences of...
Vintage differentiated regulations and plant survival
Daniel Coysh, Nick Johnstone, Tomasz Koźluk, Daniel Nachtigall and Miguel Cárdenas Rodríguez
05 Mar 2019
This paper assesses the effect of environmental regulations on plant survival and emissions using data on the extent of vintage differentiation of regulations (VDR5) regarding air pollution emission limit values for existing and new coal-fired power...
Evaluating the Impact of Urban Road Pricing on the Use of Green Transport Modes
Elisabetta Cornago, Alexandros Dimitropoulos and Walid Oueslati
11 Feb 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of congestion pricing on the demand for clean transport modes. To this end, it draws on an empirical analysis of the effect of Milan’s congestion charge on the use of bike sharing. The analysis...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and the Impact of Online Sales
Mark Hilton, Chris Sherrington, Andrew McCarthy and Peter Börkey
23 Jan 2019
Extended producer responsibility or product stewardship is a policy approach that aims to increase waste recovery and recycling. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) systems aim to make producers responsible for the environmental impacts of their...
Evaluating the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity
Katia Karousakis
13 Dec 2018
This report provides an overview of methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness of policy instruments for biodiversity, covering impact evaluation, cost-effectiveness analysis and other more commonly used approaches. It then provides an inventory of...
Clean power for a cool planet
Mariana Mirabile and Jennifer Calder
03 Dec 2018
Meeting the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement requires a transformational change in our infrastructure systems. Given the long lifetime of infrastructure, there is an urgency to build more of the right type of it. The failure to do so will...
Power struggle: Decarbonising the electricity sector
Dirk Röttgers and Brilé Anderson
28 Nov 2018
This report investigates the effects of select climate policies, non-climate policies, as well as political economy factors on the decarbonisation of electricity in OECD countries from 2000 to 2015. Effects are analysed on the three phases of...
OECD Progress Update on Approaches to Mobilising Institutional Investment for Sustainable Infrastructure
Dirk Röttgers, Aayush Tandon and Christopher Kaminker
30 Nov 2018
The large need for investments in sustainable infrastructure will require investments from the private sector, including institutional investors. This working paper contributes to scaling up investments by analysing public project-level interventions...
Impacts of Green Growth Policies on Labour Markets and Wage Income Distribution
Jean Chateau, Ruben Bibas and Elisa Lanzi
21 Nov 2018
This paper explores the consequences on the labour markets of structural changes induced by decarbonisation policies. These policies are likely going to have consequences on labour-income distribution given i) existing rigidities in the labour...
Assessing the economic valuation of the benefits of regulating chemicals
Ståle Navrud
22 Oct 2018
This paper reviews and compares five case studies on quantification and economic valuation of benefits in cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) of regulating phthalates, mercury, PFOA (perfluoro-octanic acid) and its salts, NMP (1 methyl-2-pyrroloidine) and...
Mapping support for primary and secondary metal production
Andrew McCarthy and Peter Börkey
16 Oct 2018
Public support for metal extraction and processing has received little attention relative to that for the agriculture, energy, or fisheries sectors. That is perhaps surprising given the potentially environmental harmful character of metal extraction...
Economic valuation in formaldehyde regulation
Alistair Hunt and Nick Dale
06 Jun 2018
This paper gives an overview of economic assessments of the benefits of the control of formaldehyde and reflects on developments in its risk management and regulation. Formaldehyde is used in the manufacture of resins, as a disinfectant and fixative...