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Davis, Lucas W. - 2011

The prospects for a revival of nuclear power were dim even before the partial reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant. Nuclear power has long been controversial because of concerns about nuclear accidents, proliferation risk, and the storage of spent fuel. These concerns are real and...

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What Determines Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Standards? General Equilibrium Analytical Model and Empirical Analysis

Fullerton, Don; Ta, Chi L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Our new analytical general equilibrium model is used to study effects of tightening state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) on electricity price, CO2 emissions, fossil fuel electricity generation, and two kinds of renewable generation. We show how those outcomes depend on key state...

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Renewable Energy Policies And Technological Innovation : Evidence Based On Patent Counts

Johnstone, Nick - 2008

This paper examines the effect of environmental policies on technological innovation in the specific case of renewable energy. The analysis is conducted using patent data on a panel of 25 countries over the period 1978-2003. It is found that public policy plays a significant role in determining...

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Federal Tax Policy Towards Energy

Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2006

On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (PL 109-58). This was the first major piece of energy legislation enacted since 1992 following five years of Congressional efforts to pass energy legislation. Among other things, the law contains tax incentives worth over $14...

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Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition : The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Barrage, Lint; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We investigate the short- and long-term effects of a natural gas boom in an economy where energy can be produced with coal, natural gas, or clean sources and the direction of technology is endogenous. In the short run, a natural gas boom reduces carbon emissions by inducing substitution away...

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Holding Up Green Energy

Ryan, Nicholas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

procurement auctions in India. The Indian context allows clean estimates of how risk affects procurement, because solar power …

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Blackouts in the Developing World : The Role of Wholesale Electricity Markets

Jha, Akshaya; Preonas, Louis; Burlig, Fiona - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

explanation using novel data from India, home to the world's third-largest electricity sector. In contrast to the developed world …

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Level versus Equivalent Intensity Carbon Mitigation Commitments

Tian, Huifang - 2009

Large population / rapidly growing economies such as China and India have argued that in the upcoming UNFCCC …

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Mughal Decline, Climate Change, and Britain's Industrial Ascent : An Integrated Perspective on India's 18th and 19th Century Deindustrialization

Clingingsmith, David - 2005

India was a major player in the world export market for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19 …th century it had lost all of its export market and much of its domestic market. India underwent secular … deindustrialization as a consequence. While India produced about 25 percent of world industrial output in 1750, this figure had fallen to …

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Weathering the Storm : Supply Chains and Climate Risk

Castro-Vincenzi, Juanma; Khanna, Gaurav; Morales, Nicolas; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We characterize how firms structure supply chains under climate risk. Using new data on the universe of firm-to-firm transactions from an Indian state, we show that firms diversify sourcing locations, and suppliers exposed to climate risk charge lower prices. Our event-study analysis finds that...

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