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On The Trade-Offs Of Regulating Multiple Unpriced Externalities With A Single Instrument: Evidence From Biofuel Policies, Joel Landry, Antonio Bento Jan 2013

On The Trade-Offs Of Regulating Multiple Unpriced Externalities With A Single Instrument: Evidence From Biofuel Policies, Joel Landry, Antonio Bento

Antonio M. Bento

No abstract provided.


Environmental Policy In The Presence Of An Informal Sector, Antonio Bento, Mark Jacobsen, Antung Liu Jan 2013

Environmental Policy In The Presence Of An Informal Sector, Antonio Bento, Mark Jacobsen, Antung Liu

Antonio M. Bento

We demonstrate how the presence of an untaxed informal sector can sharply lower the cost of environmental and energy tax policy. The mechanism involves substitution between formal and informal labor supply: energy or environmental taxes can improve the efficiency of the tax system by drawing activity into the formal sector. Our result applies to broad classes of corrective taxes and we first present it in a simple analytical framework. We then investigate its magnitude in a simulation model using the case of an energy tax in the U.S., where the informal sector is relatively small. Even so, we find the …


Designing Efficient Markets For Carbon Offsets With Distributional Constraints, Antonio Bento, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Leard Jan 2013

Designing Efficient Markets For Carbon Offsets With Distributional Constraints, Antonio Bento, Ravi Kanbur, Benjamin Leard

Antonio M. Bento

No abstract provided.


Does Titling Matter? Evidence From Housing Markets In India, Antonio Bento, Somik Lall, Joel Landry Jan 2013

Does Titling Matter? Evidence From Housing Markets In India, Antonio Bento, Somik Lall, Joel Landry

Antonio M. Bento

No abstract provided.