Project Objective:
An advanced analysis of energy-intensive industries at the sectoral level, an analysis of the effects on competitiveness of energy-intensive industries for various commodities in the context of world market conditions, an examination of both the short-term and long-term effects of green tax reforms, the application of both a bottom-up methodology and more advanced macroeconomic modelling, an examination of the extent of carbon leakage, a review and assessment of approaches to mitigating the competitiveness effects of green tax reforms in different Member States.

Brief Summary:
The project undertakes the first comprehensive sectoral analysis of Europe's environmental tax reforms from an ex-post perspective. It uses modelling frameworks as well as case studies concerning the existing tax reforms which have taken place in the EU and Candidate countries.

Outputs:
More information: http://www2.dmu.dk/Cometr/.

Policy brief (*.pdf)

COMETR Meeting 22th May 2007, Prague

COMETR meeting (*.pdf)

List of participants (*.pdf)

Presentations (COMETR meeting 22 May 2007, Prague – *.pdf):

1. Andersen, Mikael Skou (National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark): Environmental taxation and competitiveness,
2. Andersen, Mikael Skou (National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark): Possible strategies for mitigation of competitiveness effects,
3. Barker, Terry (University of Cambridge and Cambridge Econometrics): Avoiding dangerous climate change through environmental tax reform: existing research and COMETR,
4. Gerald, John Fitz Gerald – Scott, Susan (The Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland): Market structure analysis: Price-setters or price-takers?
5. Christie, Edward (Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, Austria): The European Glass Industry from an Environmental Economic Viewpoint
6. Kraav, Eva – Lüpsik, Silja (Ministry of the Environment, Estonia): Estonian Ecological Tax Reform,
7. Pollit, Hector (Cambridge Econometrics): The Effect of ETR on International Competitiveness in the European Union: modelling with E3ME,
8. Pur, Luděk (Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic): Expected impacts of the first fase of the environmental tax reform as proposed in the Czech republic with effect from 2008 on,
9. Zimmermannová, Jarmila (Ministry of Environment, Czech Republic): Ecological Tax Reform in the Czech Republic.