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Environmental Regulations, Market Structure and Technological Progress in Renewable Energy Technology — A Panel Data Study on Wind Turbines

Rübbelke, Dirk; Weiss, Pia - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

on innovation activities. In addition, we find that price-based policy instruments are more effective in fostering …

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Improving the Energy-Efficiency of Buildings: The Impact of Environmental Policy on Technological Innovation

Noailly, Joëlle - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

energy R&D expenditures. Technological innovation is measured using patent counts for specific technologies related to energy …

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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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Technological Change, Fuel Efficiency and Carbon Intensity in Electricity Generation: A Cross-Country Empirical Study

Verdolini, Elena; Johnstone, Nick; Hašcic, Ivan - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of energy efficiency in fossil fuel electricity generation across 28 OECD countries over the period 1981-2006, with particular attention to the role played by technological development and the availability of energy efficient...

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The Environment and Directed Technical Change: Comment

Hourcade, Jean-Charles; Pottier, Antonin; Espagne, Etienne - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield...

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Inducing Low-Carbon Investment in the Electric Power Industry through a Price Floor for Emissions Trading

Brauneis, Alexander; Loretz, Michael; Mestel, Roland; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011

Uncertainty about long-term climate policy is a major driving force in the evolution of the carbon market price. Since this price enters the investment decision process of regulated firms, this uncertainty increases the cost of capital for investors and might deter invest-ments into new...

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The Role of Standards in Eco-innovation: Lessons for Policymakers

Vollebergh, Herman R.J.; Werf, Edwin van der - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

discuss what standards are, how the process of standardization works, and how standards are related to induced innovation and … instruments. Finally we discuss how governments might contribute to eco-innovation by selecting, stimulating or creating (inter …

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Capital-embodied Technologies in CGE Models

Lennox, James; Parrado, Ramiro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015

Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are widely used to analyse macroeconomic and sectoral effects of climate policies. Developing new and improving existing carbon-free energy technologies will be crucial to limit the long-term economic costs of mitigation policies. Such technologies are...

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Innovation Benefits from Nuclear Phase-out: Can they Compensate the Costs?

Cian, Enrica De; Carrara, Samuel; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

available low carbon mitigation options, can promote innovation in new technologies and eventually generate welfare gains. We … due to both climate and innovation market failures. Our results show that phasing out nuclear power stimulates additional … R&D investments and deployment of infant technologies with large learning potential. The innovation benefits which this …

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Carbon-based Border Tax Adjustments and China’s International Trade: Analysis based on a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model

Tang, Ling; Bao, Qin; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Wang, Shouyang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

With large shares in global trade and carbon emissions, China’s international trade is supposed to be significantly affected by the proposed carbon-based border tax adjustments (BTAs). This paper examines the impacts of BTAs imposed by the USA and EU on China’s international trade, based on...

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