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Stephen Miran - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • fiscal Policy multipliers on subnational government spending
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jeffrey Clemens, Stephen Miran
    Abstract:

    Balanced budget requirements lead to substantial pro-cyclicality in state government spending, with the stringency of a state's rules driving the pace at which it must adjust to shocks. We show that fiscal institutions can generate natural experiments in deficit-financed spending that are informative regarding fiscal stabilization Policy. Alternative sources of variation in subnational fiscal Policy often implicitly involve "windfall" financing, which precludes any effect of future debt or taxation on current consumption and investment. Consistent with a role for these "Ricardian" effects, our estimates are smaller than those in related studies, implying an on-impact multiplier below 1. (JEL C51, E32, E62, H72)

  • fiscal Policy multipliers on subnational government spending
    NBER Chapters, 2010
    Co-Authors: Jeffrey Clemens, Stephen Miran
    Abstract:

    Balanced budget requirements lead to substantial pro-cyclicality in state government spending, with the stringency of a state's rules driving the pace at which it must adjust to shocks. We show that fiscal institutions can generate natural experiments in deficit-financed spending that are informative regarding fiscal stabilization Policy. Alternative sources of variation in subnational fiscal Policy often implicitly involve "windfall" financing, which precludes any effect of future debt or taxation on current consumption and investment. Consistent with a role for these "Ricardian" effects, our estimates are smaller than those in related studies, implying an on-impact multiplier below 1. (JEL C51, E32, E62, H72) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Richard Haeuber - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Ecosystem management and environmental Policy in the United States: Open window or closed door?
    Landscape and Urban Planning, 1998
    Co-Authors: Richard Haeuber
    Abstract:

    Ecosystem management is a recent Policy Alternative proposed to address a new generation of environmental issues. At least 18 federal agencies are currently exploring the concept of ecosystem management and its implications for their activities. Each of the major regulatory, land and natural resource management agencies has drafted Policy guidance regarding ecosystem management. And federal sector efforts are just one layer of a wider nationwide phenomenon: similar activities are occurring at state and local government levels, as well as within the nongovernmental sector. This paper addresses two questions: What is ecosystem management? Will ecosystem management endure as a land and resource management Policy?.

Jeffrey Clemens - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • fiscal Policy multipliers on subnational government spending
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012
    Co-Authors: Jeffrey Clemens, Stephen Miran
    Abstract:

    Balanced budget requirements lead to substantial pro-cyclicality in state government spending, with the stringency of a state's rules driving the pace at which it must adjust to shocks. We show that fiscal institutions can generate natural experiments in deficit-financed spending that are informative regarding fiscal stabilization Policy. Alternative sources of variation in subnational fiscal Policy often implicitly involve "windfall" financing, which precludes any effect of future debt or taxation on current consumption and investment. Consistent with a role for these "Ricardian" effects, our estimates are smaller than those in related studies, implying an on-impact multiplier below 1. (JEL C51, E32, E62, H72)

  • fiscal Policy multipliers on subnational government spending
    NBER Chapters, 2010
    Co-Authors: Jeffrey Clemens, Stephen Miran
    Abstract:

    Balanced budget requirements lead to substantial pro-cyclicality in state government spending, with the stringency of a state's rules driving the pace at which it must adjust to shocks. We show that fiscal institutions can generate natural experiments in deficit-financed spending that are informative regarding fiscal stabilization Policy. Alternative sources of variation in subnational fiscal Policy often implicitly involve "windfall" financing, which precludes any effect of future debt or taxation on current consumption and investment. Consistent with a role for these "Ricardian" effects, our estimates are smaller than those in related studies, implying an on-impact multiplier below 1. (JEL C51, E32, E62, H72) (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)

Andy Spoerri - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • transitions of municipal solid waste management part ii hybrid life cycle assessment of swiss glass packaging disposal
    Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2014
    Co-Authors: Gregoire Meylan, Andy Spoerri
    Abstract:

    Abstract In Policy support of municipal solid waste (MSW) management, life cycle assessment (LCA) can serve to compare the environmental or economic impacts of two or more options for waste processing. The scope of waste management LCAs generally focuses less attention on future developments, e.g., where will recycling take place, and more on the environmental performance of prototypes, e.g., the incineration of all waste compared to recycling. To provide more robust support for Swiss waste glass-packaging disposal, scenarios of Swiss waste glass-packaging are assessed from a life cycle perspective. The scenarios consist in schemes for the disposal of the total amount of Swiss waste glass-packaging, i.e., different combinations of recycling and downcycling in Switzerland or abroad developed in Part I, Meylan et al. (2013) . In this article (Part II), the disposal schemes are assessed with respect to eco-efficiency, an indicator that combines total environmental impacts and gross value added in Switzerland. Results show that no Policy Alternative guarantees environmental impact reductions and gross value added gains under all developments of exogenous constraints. Downcycling to foam glass in Switzerland is not only an environmentally sound disposal option, but it also buffers gross value added losses in case domestic recycling (and thus glass-packaging production in Switzerland) ceases in the future. The substitution of products based on raw materials other than Swiss cullet is the main responsible for change in environmental and economic impacts. Hence, an eco-efficiency maximizing Policy should consider the products of disposal schemes. The combination of scenario analysis and eco-efficiency assessment as presented in this paper can be applied to other contexts (i.e., countries, waste fractions).

Gregoire Meylan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • transitions of municipal solid waste management part ii hybrid life cycle assessment of swiss glass packaging disposal
    Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2014
    Co-Authors: Gregoire Meylan, Andy Spoerri
    Abstract:

    Abstract In Policy support of municipal solid waste (MSW) management, life cycle assessment (LCA) can serve to compare the environmental or economic impacts of two or more options for waste processing. The scope of waste management LCAs generally focuses less attention on future developments, e.g., where will recycling take place, and more on the environmental performance of prototypes, e.g., the incineration of all waste compared to recycling. To provide more robust support for Swiss waste glass-packaging disposal, scenarios of Swiss waste glass-packaging are assessed from a life cycle perspective. The scenarios consist in schemes for the disposal of the total amount of Swiss waste glass-packaging, i.e., different combinations of recycling and downcycling in Switzerland or abroad developed in Part I, Meylan et al. (2013) . In this article (Part II), the disposal schemes are assessed with respect to eco-efficiency, an indicator that combines total environmental impacts and gross value added in Switzerland. Results show that no Policy Alternative guarantees environmental impact reductions and gross value added gains under all developments of exogenous constraints. Downcycling to foam glass in Switzerland is not only an environmentally sound disposal option, but it also buffers gross value added losses in case domestic recycling (and thus glass-packaging production in Switzerland) ceases in the future. The substitution of products based on raw materials other than Swiss cullet is the main responsible for change in environmental and economic impacts. Hence, an eco-efficiency maximizing Policy should consider the products of disposal schemes. The combination of scenario analysis and eco-efficiency assessment as presented in this paper can be applied to other contexts (i.e., countries, waste fractions).