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Why Has China Overinvested in Coal Power?
Ren, Mengjia - 2019
Since 2005, the Chinese government has engaged in an ambitious effort to move China's energy system away from coal and … towards more environmentally friendly sources of energy. However, China's investment in coal power has accelerated sharply in …. In this paper, we ask why China engaged in such a pronounced investment boom in coal power in the mid-2010s. We find the …
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Level versus Equivalent Intensity Carbon Mitigation Commitments
Tian, Huifang - 2009
Large population / rapidly growing economies such as China and India have argued that in the upcoming UNFCCC …
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China's Participation in Global Environmental Negotiations
Tian, Huifang - 2008
In the paper we discuss China's participation in both the 2009 Copenhagen negotiations on a post-Kyoto global climate … change regime currently under way and out beyond Copenhagen in further negotiations likely to follow. China is now both the …. In the Copenhagen negotiation, there will be strong pressure on China to take on emissions reduction commitments and …
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Improved Transportation Networks Facilitate Adaptation to Pollution and Temperature Extremes
Barwick, Panle Jia; Donaldson, Dave; Li, Shanjun; Lin, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
records from the world's largest payment network, this research compiles daily travel flows and documents that China's rapid …
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The Private and External Costs of Germany's Nuclear Phase-Out
Jarvis, Stephen - 2019
Many countries have phased out nuclear electricity production in response to concerns about nuclear waste and the risk of nuclear accidents. This paper examines the impact of the shutdown of roughly half of the nuclear production capacity in Germany after the Fukushima accident in 2011. We use...
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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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Perceptions and Preferences for Redistribution
Stantcheva, Stefanie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The relationship between the degree of inequality and the demand for redistribution has been a central question in political science and political economy. The famous median-voter model predicts that higher inequality, reflected in a growing gap between the income of the average and the median...
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Public Opinion and the Balanced Budget
Blinder, Alan S. - 1983
While most Americans have long favored a balanced federal budget , not all do. This paper uses cross-sectional differences among respondents to two public opinion polls to try to discriminate among competing hypotheses about why Americans want the budget balanced. Logit models are fit to data...
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Revenge of the Experts : Will Covid-19 Renew or Diminish Public Trust in Science?
ⓡ, Barry Eichengreen - 2020
It is sometimes said that an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heightened appreciation of the importance of scientific research and expertise. We test this hypothesis by examining how exposure to previous epidemics affected trust in science and scientists. Building on the "impressionable...
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Immigration, Wages, and Compositional Amenities
Card, David - 2009
Economists are often puzzled by the stronger public opposition to immigration than trade, since the two policies have similar effects on wages. Unlike trade, however, immigration can alter the composition of the local population, imposing potential externalities on natives. While previous...
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