We examine how a European carbon price will affect citizens by studying its incidence on
households in 23 countries of the EU. At the national level, the distributional impact before …

Several years of very low allowance prices in the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) have
motivated calls to introduce a price floor to correct potential underlying distortions and …

Abstract The European Green Deal aims to put the EU on track towards climate neutrality by
2050. One of the key elements is a more stringent greenhouse gas emission reduction target …

This paper asks what policy tools the European Commission used to push member states to
align their national post-pandemic recovery preferences with its own preferences for the …

This paper identifies the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)
on firm productivity. We estimate a stylized version of the neo-Schumpeterian productivity …

In order to achieve the UNFCCC Paris Agreement goals, climate policies worldwide require
considerable ratcheting-up. Policy sequencing provides a framework for analysing policy …

This paper investigates the dynamic interplay between economic policy uncertainty and the
carbon futures market within the context of global low-carbon development. The study …

Many economists, businesses, and policymakers view carbon pricing as the single best
policy approach to address climate change. Such optimism, however, tends to neglect the …

This paper investigates whether the EU's governance framework facilitates an ambitious
transition to renewable energy sources (RES) in the EU and its Member States. First, we …

Preserving environmental quality and addressing economic inequality both feature
prominently in public discourse. Neither of these two issues can be fully understood in …