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The Impact of Energy Prices on Employment and Environmental Performance: Evidence from French Manufacturing Establishments
Marin, Giovanni; Vona, Francesco - 2017
This paper evaluates the historical influence of energy prices on a series of measures of environmental and economic performance for a panel of French manufacturing establishments over the period 1997-2010. The focus on energy prices is motivated by the fact that changes in environmental and...
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Measuring corporate environmental justice performance
Ash, Michael; Boyce, James K. - 2008
Measures of corporate environmental justice performance can be a valuable tool in efforts to promote corporate social responsibility and to document systematic patterns of environmental injustice. This paper develops such a measure based on the extent to which toxic air emissions from industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287876
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Energy Price Reform in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2018
pace and scale of the reform differ across energy types. This article discusses the evolution of price reforms for coal …
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Decommissioning of coal-based plants in India and its ramifications
Dasgupta, Somit - 2024
from coal-based generation and adopt renewable power instead, mainly wind and solar. Of course, it can be supplemented with … hydro power, biomass and nuclear. This energy transition can only happen if one is able to decommission coal-based plants … without any adverse effect of not being able to meet the system demand. Countries like USA, UK and Germany have been able to …
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Promoting renewable electricity generation in imperfect markets: Price vs. quantity policies
Madlener, Reinhard; Gao, Weiyu; Neustadt, Ilja; … - 2009
The search for economically efficient policy instruments designed to promote the diffusion of renewable energy technologies in liberalized markets has led to the introduction of quota-based tradable 'green' certificate (TGC) schemes for renewable electricity. However, there is a debate about the...
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Renegotiation-Proof Third-Party Contracts under Asymmetric Information
Gerratana, Emanuele; Koçkesen, Levent - 2012
This paper characterizes the equilibrium outcomes of two-stage games in which the second mover has private information and can sign renegotiable contracts with a neutral third-party. Our aim is to understand whether renegotiation-proof third-party contracts can confer a strategic advantage on...
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Entry, exit, and the determinants of market structure
Dunne, Timothy; Klimek, Shawn D.; Roberts, Mark J.; Xu, … - 2013
This paper estimates a dynamic, structural model of entry and exit in an oligopolistic industry and uses it to quantify the determinants of market structure and long-run firm values for two U.S. service industries, dentists and chiropractors. Entry costs faced by potential entrants, fixed costs...
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Estimating vertical foreclosure in US gasoline supply
Aydemir, Zava; Buehler, Stefan - 2002
We examine the competitive effects of the vertical integration of gasoline refineries and retailers in the U.S. Adapting the first-order condition approach of static oligopoly games to the analysis of vertically related oligopolies, we develop a novel framework for directly evaluating the...
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Beyond green preferences: Alternative pathways to net-zero emissions in the MATRIX model
Rizzati, Massimiliano; Ciola, Emanuele; Turco, Enrico; … - 2024
Green preferences are often regarded as crucial factors in facilitating the energy transition. However, it is unclear if they can alone propel an economy towards achieving a net-zero emissions outcome. In this study, we expand the multi-agent integrated assessment model MATRIX by incorporating...
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Interlinkages between the just ecological transition and the digital transformation
Verdolini, Elena - 2023
Notwithstanding increasing policy and academic debate around the 'twin' digital and ecological transitions, there is no systematic assessment of their linkages, potential synergies and trade-offs. Most fundamentally, the full extent of challenges that their interaction poses for the prospects of...
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