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Collective environmental agreements: An analysis of the problems of free-riding and collusion
Millock, Katrin; Salanié, François - 2000
Collective environmental agreements (CEAs) refer to agreements negotiated between a group of polluting firms and a public regulatory body. The article analyses some potential problems with CEAs. First, we study free-riding. We show how the incentive constraint imposed by moral hazard determines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608671
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R&D in Cleaner Technology and International Trade
Youssef, Slim Ben - 2004
enough, pollution in common market is higher than in autarky. International trade reduces the social welfare. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324894
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Tax reform and public spending trade-offs in an endogenous growth model with environmental externality
Jouvet, Pierre-André; Oueslati, Walid - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335770
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Analysis and Evaluation of Ecosystem Resilience: An Economic Perspective
Vergano, Lucia; Nunes, Paulo A.L.D. - 2006
This paper focuses on the analyses and evaluation of resilience anchored in an economic perspective. Resilience, as well as most of the benefits provided by ecosystems, is not priced on current markets. However, this does not mean that resilience is of no value for humans. On the contrary, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312531
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve in a World of Irreversibility
Prieur, Fabien - 2007
We develop an overlapping generations model where consumption is the source of polluting emissions. Pollution stock … and vanishes beyond a critical level of pollution. We first show that multiple equilibria exist. More importantly, some … exhibit irreversible pollution levels although an abatement activity is operative. Thus, the simple engagement of maintenance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312559
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The problem of the commons: still unsettled after 100 years
Stavins, Robert N. - 2010
The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272375
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Solving the Clinker Dilemma with Hybrid Output-based Allocation
Branger, Frédéric; Sato, Misato - 2015
This paper proposes an innovative solution to distribute free allowances to the cement sector under emissions trading systems, called hybrid output-based allocation (OBA). We demonstrate that unlike many of the allocation methods currently being used, our design provides incentives which are...
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Sensitivity to Energy Technology Costs: A Multi-model Comparison Analysis
Bosetti, Valentina; Marangoni, Giacomo; Borgonovo, Emanuele - 2015
In the present paper we use the output of multiple expert elicitation surveys on the future cost of key low-carbon technologies and use it as input of three Integrated Assessment models, GCAM, MARKAL_US and WITCH. By means of a large set of simulations we aim to assess the implications of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451163
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Qualitative Scenario Building for Post-carbon Cities
Breil, Margaretha; Cattaneo, Cristina; Johnson, Katie - 2015
In defining the transition towards a post-carbon future, understanding the needs and determinants for policy priorities in different types of cities will help tailor a common roadmap that can be adopted under various socio-economic contexts. This paper provides an analysis of results collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451171
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Tipping Points and Loss Aversion in International Environmental Agreements
Iris, Doruk; Tavoni, Alessandro - 2016
We study the impact of loss-aversion and the threat of catastrophic damages, which we jointly call threshold concerns, on international environmental agreements. We aim to understand whether a threshold for dangerous climate change is as an effective coordination device for countries to overcome...
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