Council - was reached after a long-lasting discourse over the 2030 EU climate and energy policy package. This paper offers a … reaching the EU climate goal. This policy, however, is not cost efficient. …

Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from …

. We find that an increase by one index point of the green technology support policy index leads to a significant reduction … point of the green R&D expenditure support policy index leads to a significant reduction of around 0.4% in CO2 emissions per … capita in the short run, and of around 1.7% in the long run. An increase by one index point of the wind energy support policy …

We investigate how irreversibility in "dirty" and "clean" capital stocks affects optimal climate policy, from both … renewable subsidies deliver higher welfare when policy is more mild. …

agriculture, fisheries and forestry, though these schemes could also be applied more widely. …

To decarbonize the power sector policy-makers need to commit to long-term credible rules for climate and energy policy …. Otherwise, time-inconsistent policy-making will impair investments into low-carbon technologies. However, the future benefits … allowing policy-makers the discretion to adjust the policies as new information becomes available. We examine how this trade …

I build a quantitative model of economic growth that can be used to evaluate the impact of environmental policy … model to conduct several policy analyses. First, I examine the impact of energy taxes and compare the results to the … can use energy taxes and R&D policy to implement the least-cost path that achieves an environmental target. Finally, I …