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Are big mergers welfare enhancing when there is environmental externality?
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Elsevier, 2020)Previous studies find that horizontal merger deals that consolidate a majority of firms in the market are likely to reduce welfare. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between the size of a merger ... -
Consumption and production of cleaner energy by prosumers.
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Elsevier, 2023)As investments in small-scale energy generating systems, such as residential rooftop photovoltaics (PV), increase it is not clear how electricity generated from these systems affects energy consumption decisions such as ... -
Corruption, remittances, and public goods: a unified framework.
Gautier, Luis; Vatsa, Puneet (Wiley, 2023)Remittances are an important source of income for the very countries afflicted by high levels of corruption. However, corruption undermines the development potential of remittances. With this in mind, we propose policy ... -
Cross-country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers.
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Sage, 2020)Recent studies show that mergers among polluting firms could affect the regulatory landscape of the industry and trigger a policy change. Using a two-country model, this study examines the effect o f a merger size, a s ... -
Electric utility mergers in the presence of distributed renewable energy.
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Elsevier, 2021)Firm consolidation through mergers and acquisitions could be a strategic option for the electricity industry which has recently witnessed several transformations such as renewable integration and regulatory changes. This ... -
Emission Taxes and Product Differentiation in the Presence of Foreign Firms.
Gautier, Luis (Wiley, 2016-08-16)Industries characterized by differentiated products are important contributors of greenhouse gases and currently subject to market-based policies such as emission taxes. In the context of developing countries, fears about ... -
Environmental taxation and mergers in oligopoly markets with product differentiation.
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Springer, 2017)We analyze the effect of mergers on optimal environmental taxation in a Cournot oligopoly market with product differentiation. Our result indicates that the adjustment in emission tax crucially depends on the post-merger ... -
Foreign direct investment under fiscal interdependence when policy is set unilaterally.
Gautier, Luis (Springer, 2017)This paper develops a partial equilibrium model of foreign direct investment to analyze the potentially opposing interests between a host and foreign country. The two countries are fiscally interdependent and the fiscal ... -
Green Alliances and the Role of Taxation.
Stathopoulou, Eleni; Gautier, Luis (Springer, 2019-08-08)We examine two alternative strategies that an environmental group can embark when interacting with a firm. The first one which is already discussed in the literature is when the group campaigns against the firm. The second ... -
Horizontal product differentiation and policy adjustment in the presence of abatement subsidies and emission taxes.
Gautier, Luis (Taylor & Francis, 2014-10-28)There are important examples of countries which have implemented policies to promote pollution abatement activities in sectors characterized by some degree of product differentiation. This paper examines the role of ... -
Local content and emission taxes when the number of foreign firms is endogenous.
Gautier, Luis (Springer Nature, 2017)There is a wide range of countries which have employed local content requirements to promote jobs and meet national green energy objectives. At the same time market-based policies (e.g., emission taxes) have been implemented ... -
Mergers in Cournot Markets with Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation.
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Elsevier, 2016)Due to the extensive work on why mergers take place our understanding of merger incentives has improved. However, there are not many studies examining how differences in pollution parameters between post and pre-merger ... -
Multilateral and unilateral policy reform of emission taxes and abatement subsidies in a two-country model with oligopolistic interdependence.
Gautier, Luis (Springer, 2013)This paper considers a two-country model with oligopolistic interdependence where firms make their output and emission decisions simultaneously, and face an emission tax and abatement subsidy. The impact of multilateral ... -
Policy reform of emission taxes and environmental research and development incentives in an international Cournot model with product differentiation.
Gautier, Luis (Cambridge University Press, 2013)This paper studies multilateral and unilateral policy reforms of environmental R&D subsidies and emission taxes in a two-country Cournot model with oligopolistic interdependence. The analysis indicates, inter alia, that ... -
The Design of Emission Taxes in Markets with New Firm Acquisitions
Gautier, Luis; Fikru, Mahelet G. (Springer, 2024-04-15)In the 1990s there was a great deal of interest in the study of the role of endogenous market structure under oligopoly in the characterization of emission taxes. This interest was instrumental in providing policy guidance ... -
The design of environmental policy for the olive oil sector in the presence of eco-friendly firms
Gautier, Luis (Elsevier, 2024)The olive oil sector in the European Union has recently exhibited an increase in the production of eco-friendly olive oil, which is consistent with the policy goals of increasing the production of eco-friendly products and ... -
The impact of weather variation on energy consumption in residential houses.
Fikru, Mahelet G.; Gautier, Luis (Elsevier, 2015)This paper studies the impact of weather variation on energy use by using 5-minutes interval weather–energy data obtained from two residential houses: house 1 is a conventional house with advanced efficiency features and ... -
The role of multiple pollutants and pollution intensities in the policy reform of taxes and standards.
Gautier, Luis (De Gruyter, 2019)Countries with varying degrees of pollution intensities, facing increasing global competition and addressing emissions from multiple pollutants may undertake policy reforms inconsistent with cooperative outcomes, where ... -
The role of nonzero conjectural variation in pollution abatement and output in the design of emission taxes.
Gautier, Luis (Cambridge University Press, 2021-06)The presence of nonzero conjectural variations in pollution abatement and output make emission taxes less effective with respect to reducing emissions. This has implications for the characterization of the optimal emission ... -
The Welfare Impact of New Firm Acquisitions.
Gautier, Luis; Fikru, Mahelet G. (Springer Nature, 2022)Despite a large volume of studies examining the welfare impact of acquisitions, there are not many studies that model the welfare impact of acquiring new firms. This study offers a review of the literature and presents ...