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Level Versus Equivalent Intensity Carbon Mitigation Commitments
Tian, Huifang - 2014
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; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2021
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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Prospects for Nuclear Power
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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The Energy-Policy Efficiency Gap : Was There Ever Support for Gasoline Taxes?
Knittel, Christopher R. - 2013
From 1864 to 1972, the real price of oil fell by, on average, over one percent per year. This trend dramatically broke when prices for crude increased by over 650 percent from 1972 to 1980. Policy makers adopted several policies designed to keep oil prices in check and reduce consumption....
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Energy Policy with Externalities and Internalities
Allcott, Hunt - 2013
We analyze optimal policy when consumers of energy-using durables undervalue energy costs relative to their private optima. First, there is an Internality Dividend from Externality Taxes: aside from reducing externalities, they also offset distortions from underinvestment in energy efficiency....
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Implications for Energy Innovation from the Chemical Industry
Arora, Ashish - 2014
The history of innovation in the chemical industry offers many insights for accelerating energy innovation. In this chapter, we begin by laying out the early history of the chemical industry for an overview of the role innovation has played in its development. We then explore three noteworthy...
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Energy Efficiency Economics and Policy
Gillingham, Kenneth - 2014
Energy efficiency and conservation are considered key means for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving other energy policy goals, but associated market behavior and policy responses have engendered debates in the economic literature. We review economic concepts underlying consumer...
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The Economics of Energy Security
Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2013
Energy security is the ability of households, businesses, and government to accommodate disruptions in supply in energy markets. This survey considers the economic dimensions of energy security, political and other non-economic security concerns and discusses policy approaches that could enhance...
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Federal Tax Policy Towards Energy
Metcalf, Gilbert E. - 2007
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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Distributional Impacts of Energy Taxes
Pizer, William A. - 2017
Despite popularity among economists for their efficiency, energy pollution taxes enjoy less political support than standards-based regulation because of common perceptions that they burden the poor relative to the rich. However, the literature on pollution tax incidence and consumption surveys...
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