(February 2019) 5 papers... in 5 minutes !
Should the state consider regional differences in its carbon tax regime?
Ibrahim Ahamada, Mouez Fodha and Djamel Kirat
Since 2014, like many other European countries, France has applied a tax on carbon emissions, as a complement to the emissions trading scheme. What are the distributive consequences of that tax? Recurring social protest (at the origin of the yellow vests movement ...
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The effect of immigration on public finances in OECD countries
Hippolyte d’Albis, Ekrame Boubtane and Dramane Coulibaly
Nowadays, the 19 biggest countries of the OECD host more than 45% of the total number of migrants in the world. In addition, the proportion of migrants in these countries has gone from 7% in 1990 to 13% in 2017 and could continue to grow given the demographic pressure on countries of the South. Among the economic concerns that this growth creates, the effect on public finances seems to dominate public opinion polls, and especially the impact on jobs for nationals.
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The effect of past enforcement on current cooperation
Roberto Galbiati, Emeric Henry and Nicolas Jacquemet
Social dilemmas are situations in which the collectively optimal outcome differs from the outcome arising from decentralized, uncoordinated, individual decisions. This kind of situation typically requires policy interventions aimed at realigning private interests with social incentives. The usual tools to achieve such a goal are ...
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Exports from developing countries and greenhouse gas emissions: the example of Indian firms
Geoffrey Barrows and Hélène Ollivier
In recent decades, developing countries have seen their role in international trade grow, particularly in their exports to the rest of the world. This growth raises the question of the environmental impact of this trade, knowing that the exporting countries are characterised by the most lax environmental regulations and ...
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Chinese trade with former Western colonies
Laurent Didier and Pamina Koenig
The spectacular growth in Chinese trade in the second half of the 20th century is the constant subject of Western media articles, which highlight the obvious explanations for it: the country’s transition to a market economy, followed by political changes in 1992, its dominant role as a production centre for other countries, its commitment to ...
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