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Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? : simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price
(2007-10-14)
Raising the price of fossil fuels is a key component of any effective policy to deal with climate change. Just how effective such policies are is decided by the price elasticities of demand. Many papers have studied this ...
Synergies and Trade-offs between Climate and Local Air Pollution: Policies in Sweden
(2012-04)
In this paper, we explore the synergies and tradeoffs between abatement of global and local pollution. We built a unique dataset of Swedish heat and power plants with detailed boiler-level data 2001-2009 on not only ...
Is Fairness Blind? - The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules
(2010-03-29)
By using a choice experiment, this paper focuses on citizens’ preferences for effort-sharing
rules of how carbon abatement should be shared among countries. We find that Swedes do not
rank the rule favoring their own ...
Leading by example? EU citizens’ preferences for climate leadership
(University of Gothenburg, 2022-10)
For global problems like climate change, strong international agreements are difficult
to achieve. Alternative solutions might therefore be necessary. In this paper, we study
the support for climate leadership in seven ...