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Estimating the Impact of Restructuring on Electricity Generation Efficiency : The Case of the Indian Thermal Power Sector
Cropper, Maureen - 2011
We examine the impact of electricity sector restructuring on the operating efficiency of coal-fired power plants in India. Between 1995 and 2009, 85 percent of coal-based generation capacity owned by state governments was unbundled from vertically integrated State Electricity Boards into state...
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Industrial Productivity in a Hotter World : The Aggregate Implications of Heterogeneous Firm Investment in Air Conditioning
Graff Zivin, Joshua - 2016
. Air conditioning (AC) can greatly reduce this heat exposure. We develop a simple model of air conditioning adoption by … industry-level output, we present aggregation results highlighting how the industry's output is insulated from the heat. Our … empirical analysis of the impacts of heat on total factor productivity in U.S manufacturing yields findings broadly consistent …
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Coal, Smoke, and Death : Bituminous Coal and American Home Heating
Barreca, Alan I. - 2015
due to the burning of bituminous coal for heat. We estimate the effects of this bituminous coal consumption on mortality …
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The Taxation of Fuel Economy
Sallee, James - 2010
Policy-makers have instituted a variety of fuel economy tax policies -- polices that tax or subsidize new vehicle purchases on the basis of fuel economy performance -- in the hopes of improving fleet fuel economy and reducing gasoline consumption. This article reviews existing policies and...
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Is Agricultural Production Becoming More or Less Sensitive to Extreme Heat? Evidence from U.S. Corn and Soybean Yields
Roberts, Michael J. - 2010
Extreme heat is the single best predictor of corn and soybean yields in the United States. While average yields have … risen continuously since World War II, we find no evidence that relative tolerance to extreme heat has improved between 1950 … and 2005. Climate change forecasts project a sharp increase in extreme heat by the end of the century, with the potential …
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Updating the Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Permits in a Federal Cap-and-Trade Program
Fowlie, Meredith - 2010
U.S. adoption of a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases could place some domestic producers at a disadvantage relative to international competitors who do not face similar regulation. To address this issue, proposed federal climate change legislation includes a provision that would freely...
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Innovation and Climate Policy
Popp, David - 2012
Reducing emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change will require dramatic changes in the way that energy is produced and consumed. The cost of technological changes such as alternative energy sources and improved energy efficiency will play a large role in determining the...
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The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon : Theory and Experience
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2011
Because of the global commons nature of climate change, international cooperation among nations will likely be necessary for meaningful action at the global level. At the same time, it will inevitably be up to the actions of sovereign nations to put in place policies that bring about meaningful...
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Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon : Background and Results from the Rice-2011 Model
Nordhaus, William D. - 2011
A new and important concept in global warming economics and policy is the social cost of carbon or SCC. This concept represents the economic cost caused by an additional ton of carbon-dioxide emissions or its equivalent. The present study describes the development of the concept as well as its...
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Using the Market to Address Climate Change : Insights from Theory and Experience
Aldy, Joseph E. - 2011
Emissions of greenhouse gases linked with global climate change are affected by diverse aspects of economic activity, including individual consumption, business investment, and government spending. An effective climate policy will have to modify the decision calculus for these activities in the...
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