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Desmet, Klaus; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

We present a theory of spatial development. A continuum of locations in a geographic area choose each period how much to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an...

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At Home and Abroad: An Empirical Analysis of Innovation and Diffusion in Energy-Efficient Technologies

Verdolini, Elena; Galeotti, Marzio - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

This paper contributes to the induced innovation literature by extending the analysis of supply and demand determinants … of innovation in energy-efficient technologies to account for international knowledge flows and spillovers. In the first … the supply and demand determinants of innovation accounting for international knowledge spillovers. Our results confirm …

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Linking Reduced Deforestation and a Global Carbon Market: Impacts on Costs, Financial Flows, and Technological Innovation

Bosetti, Valentina; Lubowski, Ruben; Golub, Alexander; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009

Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for...

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Economic and Environmental Effectiveness of a Technology-based Climate Protocol

Carraro, Carlo; Buchner, Barbara - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004

emission control with international cooperation on climate-related technological innovation and diffusion. This idea – recently … innovation and diffusion than when they cooperate on emission abatement. However, technological cooperation – without any …

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Abatement and Transaction Costs of Carbon-Sink Projects Involving Smallholders

Cacho, Oscar; Lipper, Leslie - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007

Agroforestry projects have the potential to help mitigate global warming by acting as sinks for greenhouse gasses. However, participation in carbon-sink projects may be constrained by high costs. This problem may be particularly severe for projects involving smallholders in developing countries....

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