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Applying general equilibrium models to environmental policy issues

Frank Vöhringer

Introduction to the application of computable general equilibrium models in environmental economics based on selected applications from research and policy consulting. ...

2023

Cost and benefits of climate change in Switzerland

Philippe Thalmann, Marc Vielle, Frank Vöhringer, Boris Thurm, Dario Stocker, Wolfgang Knoke, Anita Frehner

Understanding the economic magnitude of climate change impacts is a prerequisite for developing adequate adaptation strategies. In Switzerland, despite new climate scenarios and impact studies, only few impacts have been monetized. Our objective is to asse ...

2019

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This paper is a contribution to assessing the Swiss energy transition, with an emphasis on the consequences of decommissioning the nuclear power plants for the electricity market and the whole economy. We expect that increased renewable generation and dema ...

2019

Assessing the impacts of climate change for Switzerland

Philippe Thalmann, Marc Vielle, Frank Vöhringer, Boris Thurm, Sophie Maire, Dario Stocker, Wolfgang Knoke, Anita Frehner

Understanding the economic magnitude of climate change impacts is a prerequisite for developing adequate adaptation strategies. In Switzerland, despite new climate scenarios and impacts studies, only few impacts have been monetized. Our objective is to ass ...

2017

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Tourism could be greatly affected by climate change due to its strong dependence on weather. In Switzerland, the sector represents an appreciable share of the economy. Thus, studying climate effects on tourism is necessary for developing adequate adaptatio ...

2017

Impacts of climate change for Swiss winter and summer tourism: a general equilibrium analysis

Marc Vielle, Frank Vöhringer, Boris Thurm

2017

Wie eine Abgabe auf CO2 Anklang findet

Philippe Thalmann, Frank Vöhringer, Andrea Baranzini

CO2– und andere Lenkungsabgaben gelten als ein wirksames Mittel zur Erreichung umwelt- und klimapolitischer Ziele. Teile der Öffentlichkeit begegnen solchen Abgaben allerdings mit Skepsis. Eine Untersuchung im Auftrag des Bundesamts für Energie benennt nun ...

2017

SEPIA - Social Cushioning of Energy Price Increases and Public Acceptability

Philippe Thalmann, Frank Vöhringer, Andrea Baranzini, Dario Stocker, Wolfgang Knoke

This report is about finding ways to make green taxes, such as taxes on 'dirty' energy, more acceptable, in particular by chosing a mode of revenue recycling that is prefered by the population. Thus, it investigates distributional and other effects of ener ...

2016

Carbon taxes: efficient, inequitable, disliked?

Frank Vöhringer

Carbon taxes tend to have low acceptance rates. One frequent concern is that they could have a regressive effect on income distribution. We investigate how social cushioning and other revenue recycling options affect income distribution and efficiency, and ...

2016

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We couple top-down and bottom-up models to analyse electricity markets. We simulate energy policies under alternative regulatory assumptions. We shows that market liberalisation affects the links between generation costs and user prices. We show that the c ...

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