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Accounting for nearly 8% of global annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the cement industry is considered difficult … about one-third relative to the status quo. Yet, this willingness to abate emissions increases sharply at a carbon price of … price of €81 per ton of CO2, as observed on average in 2022, incentivizes firms to reduce their annual direct emissions by …
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Theory suggests that new market entrants play a special role for the creation of new technological pathways required for the development and diffusion of more sustainable forms of production, consumption, mobility and housing. Unconstrained by past technological investments, entrants can...
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substitutability between capital and energy inputs, we find that optimal carbon prices differ widely across sectors and yield …Economists tend to view a uniform emissions price as the most cost-effective approach to reducing greenhouse gas … emissions. This paper offers a different view, focusing on economies where society values the well-being of future generations …
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economic exploitation are diverse and include sectors such as energy, fishing, tourism, transportation, biotechnology, and …
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far outweigh an emerging “cannibalization” trend that results from substantial additions of solar power having made energy …
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The aim of this paper is to assess whether the impacts of real exchange rate undervaluation and domestic technological capabilities on growth are stable across development levels. On the one hand, a real exchange undervaluation measure is constructed based on the purchasing-power-parity theory...
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By using estimates from an Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS), we investigate how the German energy tax on car fuels … changes the private households-CO2 emissions, living standards, and post-tax income distribution. Our results show that the … tax implies a trade-off between the aim to reduce emissions and vertical equity, which refers to the idea that people with …
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existing climate change regulations and carbon pricing are appropriate and sufficient to trigger such innovations. Besides … government measures, the demand for carbon neutral products or the impacts of climate change such as extreme weather conditions …
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In a recent paper, Bloom et al. (2020) find evidence for a substantial decline in research productivity in the U.S. economy during the last 40 years. In this paper, we replicate their findings for China and Germany, using detailed firm-level data spanning three decades. Our results indicate that...
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