Blar i Working papers (SNF) på forfatter "Mæstad, Ottar"
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Allocation of tradable emission permits in a global economy
Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-09)This paper discusses the question of how a national government should design a system of tradable emission permits when goods or production factors are internationally mobile. Emphasis is on the principles for the allocation ... -
Assessing the economic gains of free market access for the least developed countries in the QUAD
Hagen, Rune Jansen; Mæstad, Ottar; Wiig, Arne (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic impact on the least developed countries (LDCs) of reduced trade barriers in their export markets. 48 countries are currently designated as “least developed” by the ... -
Climate policy and the steel industry : achieving global emission reductions by an incomplete climate agreement
Mathiesen, Lars; Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)The steel industry is one of the largest sources of global CO2 emissions and hence a candidate for climate policies. A carbon tax on emissions in industrialized countries, however, will cause relocation of steel production ... -
Coal transport demand in Western Europe and Japan : impacts of energy market liberalisation and climate policy
Golombek, Rolf; Kittelsen, Sverre A.C.; Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-12)Europe and Japan are among the main importers of coal. Climate policies following the Kyoto agreement are creating pressure to substitute away from coal and turn to less emission intensive energy sources. At the same time, ... -
Data for a steel industry model
Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)SNF has recently developed a new model of the steel market and some of the major factor markets connected to the steel industry. The aim of the model has been to study how regulations of the emissions of carbon dioxide ... -
Enforcing the Kyoto Protocol : sanction design and strategic behaviour
Hagem, Cathrine; Kallbekken, Steffen; Mæstad, Ottar; Westskog, Hege (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-12)This paper looks at how strategic considerations may play a role in the decision of whether or not to impose sanctions on non-compliant Parties under the Kyoto Protocol. A member of the Enforcement Branch might have an ... -
Environmental policy with endogenous plant location and tradable emission permits
Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-09)A game between governments that solve environmental problems through tradable emission permits is analysed. We find that emission levels are chosen according to Pigouvian rule, while internationally mobile firms may receive ... -
Free emission permits and public revenue
Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2001-12)In the presence of preexisting distortionary taxes, it is often argued that auctioned emission permits are preferable to non-auctioned permits, because the former generate revenues that may be used to reduce other taxes. ... -
Free emission quotas, capital mobility and international environmental problems
Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)This paper brings together two important questions in environmental policy. The first question is how to solve international environmental problems in a world where environmental policies are implemented by governments at ... -
The Kyoto Protocol and the fossil fuel markets under different emission trading regimes
Holtsmark, Bjart; Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-07)The consequences of the Kyoto Protocol for the fossil fuel markets depend on which policy instruments that are used in order to reach the emission targets. This paper uses a numerical model to assess the significance of ... -
Market power in the market for greenhouse gas emission permits : the interplay with the fossil fuel markets
Hagem, Cathrine; Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol is likely to leave Russia and other Eastern European countries with market power in the market for emission permits. Ceteris paribus, this will raise the permit price above the competitive ... -
Market power with interdependent demand : sale of emission permits and natural gas from the former Soviet Union
Hagem, Cathrine; Kallbekken, Steffen; Mæstad, Ottar; Westskog, Hege (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-01)With implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the Former Soviet Union countries, and Russia in particular, will most likely be able to exert market power in the emission permit market. However, it can be argued that since ... -
Timber trade restrictions and tropical deforestation : a forest mining approach
Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-04)Timber trade restrictions have been proposed as a means to reducing tropical deforestation. This paper analyses the consequences of such trade interventions, emphasising the effects on logging behaviour and the allocation ...