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Overcoming inertia: insights from evolutionary economics into improved energy and climate policy

Lazaric, Nathalie; Maréchal, Kevin - HAL - 2010

The mainstream view in economics has been a key factor in designing climate policies. Given that the controversy over the “efficiency paradox” has shown that mainstream economics is not neutral in the way it deals with climate change, the purpose of this paper is to investigate what insights...

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An assessment of Incentive Regulation in electricity networks: The story so far

Khalfallah, Haikel - HAL - 2013

Network regulation is playing an active role in a context of restructuring energy systems for long term transition to a smart grid. Regulation of network companies' activities should consider both cost efficiency objectives and other objectives such as quality and network innovation. It is in...

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Real gains from flow-based methods for allocating power transmission capacity in Europe

Rious, Vincent; Dessante, Philippe - HAL - 2009

This paper aims at understanding and assessing the main methods proposed by ETSO and EuroPEX [1] to define and allocate interconnection capacities in Europe. We model these methods and evaluate their technical and economic efficiency on a 7-node network. We find first, that, unsurprisingly, the...

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Prospects for the hydrogen transition based on the network economic approach : Insights from the electricity and gas experience in Europe

Bento, Nuno - HAL - 2007

This paper aims to investigate the transition to a new energy system based on hydrogen in the European liberalized framework. After analyzing the literature on the hydrogen infrastructure needs in Europe, we estimate the size and scope of the transition challenge.We take the theoretical...

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Economic Theory and Electrical public Utilities Organization in the first part of the twentieth century: French and US Experiences

Marty, Frédéric - HAL - 2008

in the first part of the twentieth century. It aims at showing how the organization of electricity sector and its … individual commitment in the public regulation building. Economists participate to the electricity sector re-organization by … electricity sector reforms and the links between economic history and history of economic thought. Finally, the purpose will be to …

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Electricity, carbon and weather in France: where do we stand ?

Chemarin, Sophie; Heinen, Andreas; Strobl, Eric - HAL - 2008

market by taking into account the existence of possible cross-spillovers between the French carbon and the French electricity … there is no short run relationship between the electricity and carbon returns, while there is a long run relationship …. However, this relationship suffers from a disequilibrium in that the electricity price readjust in the long run. We also find …

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Transport, health and climate change: Deciding on the optimal policy

Cabantous, Laure; Chanel, Olivier; Vergnaud, Jean-Christophe - HAL - 2010

Transport generates many externalities, some related to atmospheric pollution. In this paper, we focus on two: greenhouse gases, and local pollution. In the search for optimal transport policies, these two externalities have usually been analysed separately. Here, we study them jointly, in a...

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ECONOMIC EXPERTISE AND DECISION-MAKING IN CONTROVERSIAL UNIVERSES

Godard, Olivier - HAL - 1996

There are two questions to be considered: a) to which extent the type of framing which may be appropriate for scientific explorations of some issues can also be relevant in a decisionmaking context, in which achieving an agreement among stakeholders is the key problem? b) what is the practical...

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Building world narratives for climate change impact, adaptation and vulnerability analyses

Hallegatte, Stéphane; Valentin, Przyluski; … - HAL - 2011

The impacts of climate change on human systems depend not only on the level of emissions but also on how inherently vulnerable these systems are to the changing climate. The large uncertainties over future development and structure of societies and economies mean that the assessment of climate...

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Envisioning innovative groundwater regulation policies through scenario workshops in France and Portugal

Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel; Montginoul, Marielle; Varanda, Marta - HAL - 2012

Groundwater management policies will need to be revised in many Mediterranean countries, in light of the impact of climate change and the increasing demand for water. In this paper, we analyze stakeholder perceptions of three groundwater policy scenarios which respectively assume a strengthening...

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