Archiwa H23 - IBS - Instytut Badań Strukturalnych

2023-04-27 How to Prevent Yellow Vests? Evaluating Preferences for a Carbon Tax with a Discrete Choice Experiment.

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An ambitious climate policy can trigger tensions in societies with low trust and deep social divisions. We examine public preferences for policies to achieve energy security and climate change mitigation goals in the context of the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We ...

2023-04-27 Is Poland on track to becoming another France? How to avoid social conflicts sparked by a country’s climate policy?

authors:

Jan Frankowski

Jakub Sokołowski

policy paper

Climate policy is crucial for preventing the devastating effects of natural disasters like droughts, floods, and heat waves. It also plays a vital role in reducing Poland's dependence on imported coal, gas, and oil, addressing energy security concerns in the wake of the crisis caused ...

2022-05-09 The economic effects of stopping Russian energy import in Poland.

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We estimate the macroeconomic and distributional effects that a ban on fuel imports from Russia would have in Poland. We simulate the embargo as a hike in oil, gas and coal prices, and evaluate the macroeconomic effects with a dynamic general equilibrium model. We soft-link ...

2022-01-17 When populists deliver on their promises: the electoral effects of a large cash transfer program in Poland

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We estimate the effects of the introduction of a large cash transfer program on support for the ruling populist party in Poland. We exploit the variation at the municipal level in the annual cash transfer amount received per capita, and use a difference-in-differences research design ...

2020-07-02 Distributional effects of emission pricing in a carbon-intensive economy: the case of Poland

authors:

Piotr Lewandowski

Marek Antosiewicz

Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks

J. Rodrigo Fuentes

working paper

In this paper, we assess the distributional impact of introducing a carbon tax in Poland. We apply a two- step simulation procedure. First, we evaluate the economy-wide effects with a dynamic general equilibrium model. Second, we use a microsimulation model based on household budget survey ...

2019-03-20 Who is burdened by taxes in Poland?

authors:

Jakub Sawulski

policy paper

I would like to thank Jan Rutkowski for his helpful comments and remarks. I also thank Aneta Kiełczewska for her help in compiling statistical data. The content of this publication reflects the opinions of the author, which may diverge from the position of the Institute ...