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- Broberg, Thomas, et al.
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En elmarknad i förändring : är kundernas flexibilitet till salu eller ens verklig?
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I rapporten ”En elmarknad i förändring – Är kundernas flexibilitet till salu eller ens verklig?” tittar en forskargrupp vid Centrum för Miljö- och Naturresursekonomi (CERE) vid Handelshögskolan, Umeå Universitet på konsumenternas nuvarande och framtida roll på elmarknaden. Rapporten är beställd av Energimarknadsinspektionen.
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- Jaraite, Jurate, et al.
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The Effect of Mandatory Agro-Environmental Policy on Farm Fertiliser and Pesticide Expenditure
- 2012
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Ingår i: Journal of Agricultural Economics. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0021-857X .- 1477-9552. ; 63:3, s. 656-676
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- EU farmers are subject to mandatory cross-compliance measures, requiring them to meet environmental conditions to be eligible for public support. These obligations reinforce incentives for farmers to change their behaviour towards the environment. We apply quasi-experimental methods to measure the causal relationship between cross-compliance and some specific farm environmental performance. We find that cross-compliance reduced farm fertiliser and pesticide expenditure. This result also holds for farmers who participated in other voluntary agro-environmental schemes. However, the results do not support our expectations that farmers who relied on larger shares of public payments had a stronger motivation to improve their environmental performance.
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- Jaraite, Jurate, 1983-, et al.
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The effects of climate policy on environmental expenditure and investments : evidence from Sweden
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy. - : Taylor & Francis. - 2160-6544 .- 2160-6552. ; 3:2, s. 148-166
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study provides new evidence on the determinants of environmental expenditure and investment. In particular, it investigates how environmental expenditure and investment of Swedish industrial firms responded to climate policies, such as the European Union's Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and the Swedish CO2 tax, directed to mitigate air pollution. Overall, an important conclusion of this analysis is that climate policies, both on the national and international levels, were highly relevant motivations for firm environmental expenditure. However, the findings do not support the expectations that the EU ETS and the Swedish CO2 tax encouraged investment in air pollution abatement.
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- Jaraite, Jurate, et al.
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The profitability of electricity generating firms and policies promoting renewable energy
- 2013
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Ingår i: Energy Economics. - : Elsevier. - 0140-9883 .- 1873-6181. ; 40, s. 858-865
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using a cross-country firm-level dataset this study empirically analyses how the implemented renewable electricity promotion systems Tradable Green Certificates vs. Feed-in-Tariffs affected the profitability of the electricity production sector in Europe during the 2002-2010 period. In particular, it tests the hypothesis that due to market imperfections, namely because of higher investment risk, higher capital constraints and higher transaction costs, TGC schemes will be associated with excess profits for renewable electricity generating firms. The results somewhat support this hypothesis, showing that electricity generating firms, operating in EU countries that implemented TGC, were more profitable compared to FIT firms.
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- Kazukauskas, Andrius, et al.
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Disinvestment, farm size, and gradual farm exit : the impact of subsidy decoupling in a European context
- 2013
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Ingår i: American Journal of Agricultural Economics. - : Oxford University Press. - 0002-9092 .- 1467-8276. ; 95:5, s. 1068-1087
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The recent reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, which decouples farm subsidies from production, is expected to impact on farmers' production decisions. We perform a cross-country farm-level empirical analysis of farmers' production responses to these reforms using a panel dataset for the EU15 countries for the period 2001-2007. We apply quasi-experimental empirical methods and find that the probability of a farm disinvesting decreased due to the policy change for most farms. However, the policy change facilitated exit for farms engaged in livestock production and those that were already in the process of leaving the sector.
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- Kazukauskas, Andrius, et al.
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The impact of decoupled subsidies on productivity in agriculture : a cross-country analysis using microdata
- 2014
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Ingår i: Agricultural Economics. - : Wiley. - 0169-5150 .- 1574-0862. ; 45:3, s. 327-336
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The decoupling of direct payments from production introduced in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is expected to make production decisions more market-oriented and farmers more productive. However, ex-post analyses of the productivity of farms have yet to uncover any evidence of a positive impact of the decoupling policy on farm productivity. Using Irish, Danish, and Dutch farm-level data, we identify whether the decoupling policy has contributed to productivity growth in agriculture and farm product adjustment behavior. We find some evidence that the decoupling policy had significant positive effects on farm productivity and behavioral changes related to farm specialization.
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- Kazukauskas, Andrius, et al.
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The Profitability of Power Generating Firms and Policies Promoting Renewable Energy
- 2012
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Ingår i: 2012 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE EUROPEAN ENERGY MARKET (EEM). - 9781467308328
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- With policies to promote power generation from renewable energy sources (RES) becoming important part of climate and energy policy worldwide, there is now considerable interest in understanding how these different market-based mechanisms affect power generating firms in practice. The existing theory provides conflicting guidance regarding profitability of Tradable Green Certificates (TGC) over Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) based policies. Thus, the main goal of this study is to empirically assess the performance of power generating firms operating in the TGC scheme environment relative to the performance of power generating firms operating under alternatives RES support mechanisms. The main finding of this study is that, in Europe, TGC schemes are associated with higher returns for power generating firms. This supports the hypothesis that higher investment uncertainty induced by the TGC policy nature coupled with some market imperfections lead to higher profits for electricity producers operating in TGC schemes.
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