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implement an additional instrument encouraging the reduction of emissions, for instance a renewable energy subsidy. Our analysis …
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exchange rate and investment environment. These unique features have enabled our model to be best equipped to evaluate the … underestimated if no consideration is given of the impacts of exchange rate and investment environment. Finally, as there is an …
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In creating a level playing field that facilitates the deployment of renewable energy technology (RET), the traditional … energy policy regime based on eliminating RET's cost gaps versus fossil energy technology (FET) may be not sufficient …. Building on an economic model of energy technology adoption that features network externality, this paper takes an explicit …
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Among the wide variety of policy options adopted worldwide to control carbon emissions, one of the most environmentally effective and economically efficient is represented by carbon tax, that aims to recoup the damage arising from polluting production processes. In this paper, we focus on the...
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Energy efficiency is one of the key crossroads between energy, climate and economic issues. In fact, it represents one … of the most cost effective ways to enhance security of energy supply, to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and to … enhance economic competitiveness at one fell swoop. This paper explores the potential for energy efficiency gains in Turkey, a …
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The design of wholesale electricity markets in the transition towards liberalization presents significant differences from country to country. Some spot markets have imposed the concentration of transactions to ensure market liquidity. Other markets are based on bilateral trading. The debate...
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and scrutiny. This is partly because of China’s own high-profile, active energy diplomacy, its national oil companies … energy security as a result of misconceptions and misunderstandings of China’s quest for energy security both inside and … outside China. This paper aims to de-politicize the debate on China’s global quest for energy resources and to put discussions …
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We evaluate incentives for residential energy upgrades in Italy using data from an original survey of Italian … riding issues, we ask stated preference questions to those who weren’t planning energy efficiency upgrades any time soon. We … argue that these persons are not affected by these behaviors. We use their responses to fit an energy-efficiency renovations …
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Nigeria is richly endowed with energy resources, and the Government has been making large profits from their export … finances to volatility in the international markets have represented further major issues. As a result, energy access and power … generation still represent urgent issues for action in the country. Solid biomass accounts for 74% of the primary energy …
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The implementation of decarbonization policies depends crucially on the public’s willingness to pay for them. We use stated preference methods to investigate the public’s preferences for such policies. We ask three research questions. First, does the willingness to pay (WTP) for each ton of...
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