2026 WFA Meeting in Denver – upcoming presentations by Max Croce, Claudio Tebaldi
Green Coins
Mariano (Max) Croce, Nicolas Guinez, Alejandra Inzunza Méndez, Thien T. Nguyen, Claudio Tebaldi
Accepted for presentation at the 2026 WFA Meeting in Denver
Abstract
We propose a novel macrofinance model for the EU area comprising both climate damages and an Emission Trading System that interacts with credit markets with a bias for 'net-zero' brown firms and opaque voluntary carbon credit markets. Our model suggests that the implied allocation is far from the first-best. Relevant welfare gains can be obtained in a setting in which a Green Coin Central Bank (GCCB) runs a transparent blockchain in which coins are mined after a decentralized verification of private offsets, and the GCCB manages green coin prices through open market operations.