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From Energy-Intensive to Innovation-Led Growth : On the Transition Dynamics of China's Economy
Jin, Wei - 2014
contributes to an economic exposition of China's potential transition from an energy-intensive to an innovation-led growth path … capital investment and incentives of capital stock accumulation rather than R&D-related innovation. Accumulation of energy …-consuming capital stock along this non-innovation-led growth path thus leads to an intensive use of fossil energy - an energy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043116
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China's Pursuit of Environmentally Sustainable Development : Harnessing the New Engine of Technological Innovation
Jin, Wei - 2016
investment and innovation-driven, environmentally sustainable development holds important implications for both national and … and innovation-driven, environmentally sustainable growth path. We show that if R&D technological innovation is … environmental quality improves at a rate of 2.5%. In contrast, if R&D technological innovation is not harnessed as a new growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996437
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Competitiveness and Leakage Concerns and Border Carbon Adjustments
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2012
This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014162891
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What Should We Expect from Innovation? A Model-Based Assessment of the Environmental and Mitigation Cost Implications of Climate-Related R&D
Bosetti, Valentina - 2012
This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can … innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies … technical progress in the energy sector. We evaluate a range of innovation policies, both as a stand-alone instrument and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013116148
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Capital Accumulation, Green Paradox, and Stranded Assets : An Endogenous Growth Perspective
Jin, Wei - 2019
The existing studies on Green Paradox and stranded assets focus on dirty exhaustible assets (fossil fuel reserves) and show that environmental regulations, by changing the costs of dirty inputs relative to clean ones, lead to replacements of the former by the latter and stranding of dirty assets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895270
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Mitigation Strategies and Costs of Climate Protection : The Effects of Etc in the Hybrid Model Mind
Edenhofer, Ottmar; Lessmann, Kai; Bauer, Nico - 2006
MIND is a hybrid model incorporating several energy related sectors in an endogenous growth model of the world economy. This model structure allows a better understanding of the linkages between the energy sectors and the macro-economic environment. We perform a sensitivity analysis and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060373
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The European Emission Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies : Credible Targets for Incredible Results?
Borghesi, Simone - 2015
This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038424
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The Optimal Energy Mix in Power Generation and the Contribution from Natural Gas in Reducing Carbon Emissions to 2030 and Beyond
Carraro, Carlo - 2014
This paper analyzes a set of new scenarios for energy markets in Europe to evaluate the consistency of economic incentives and climate objectives. It focuses in particular on the role of natural gas across a range of climate policy scenarios (including the Copenhagen Pledges and the EU Roadmap)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013062513
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Redistribution Effects of Energy and Climate Policy : The Electricity Market
Hirth, Lion; Ueckerdt, Falko - 2015
Energy and climate policies are usually seen as measures to internalize externalities. However, as a side effect, these policies redistribute wealth between consumers and producers, and within these groups. While redistribution is seldom the focus of the academic literature in energy economics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014162886
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What Factors Affect the Competiveness of Power Generation Sector in China? An Analysis Based on Game Cross-Efficiency
Xie, Bai-Chen - 2017
China's unbundling reform in 2002 aimed to introduce competitiveness into the power industry, especially the generation sector, to improve its operational efficiency. Meanwhile, great concern about a range of environmental problems and global climate change increasingly calls for saving energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012959554