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likely to be misleading. However, other common arguments for subsidizing renewable power - green jobs, energy security and … driving down fossil energy prices - are unlikely to substantially alter the analysis. The role of intellectual property … spillovers is a strong argument for subsidizing energy science research, but less persuasive as an enhancement to the value of …
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Greater use of renewable energy is seen as a key component of any move to combat climate change, and is being … renewable energy. This paper surveys what is written and adds to it. The conclusion is that the main renewables face a major …, much of the decarbonization of the economy will have to come from nuclear, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and energy …
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We examine the effect of in-state and out-of-state renewable energy policies on wind energy patenting. Using a …
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Policies supporting investment in renewable electricity have been a cornerstone of climate policy in many parts of the world. While previous empirical work explores the economic and environmental impacts of renewable production, the focus has exclusively been on the short-run impacts of...
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energy. The analysis is conducted using patent data on a panel of 25 countries over the period 1978-2003. It is found that … effective for different renewable energy sources …
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It is commonly believed that the response of the price of corn ethanol (and hence of the price of corn) to shifts in biofuel policies operates in part through market expectations and shifts in storage demand, yet to date it has proved difficult to measure these expectations and to empirically...
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One of the pervasive issues in social and environmental research has been to improve the quality of socioeconomic data in developing countries. Because of the shortcoming of standard data sources, the present study examines luminosity (measures of nighttime lights) as a proxy for standard...
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The question addressed in this paper is whether the gap in performance between the developed and developing worlds can continue, and in particular, whether developing nations can sustain the rapid growth they have experienced of late. The good news is that growth in the developing world should...
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This paper describes our construction of the Global Financial Development Database and uses the data to compare financial systems around the world. The database provides information on financial systems in 205 economies over the period from 1960 to 2010 and includes measures of (1) size of...
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What determines the choice of countries' trade partners? We show theoretically and empirically that financial market imperfections affect the number and identity of exporters' destinations. Bigger economies with lower trade costs are more attractive markets because they offer higher export...
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