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Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector: Interactions and Outcomes
Fischer, Carolyn; Newell, Richard G.; Preonas, Louis - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost-effective option …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010833951
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Local Electricity Distribution in Italy: Comparative Efficiency Analysis and Methodological Cross-Checking
Scarsi, Gian Carlo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
This paper analyses technical efficiency of local electricity distribution in Italy (1994, 1996) by using both …-sectional data were examined with respect to:(a) ENEL - the Italian electricity monopolist;(b) municipal authorities (MUNIs), i ….e. town-based electric utilities which sometimes hold franchises for electricity distribution within city limits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423137
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Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness: Empirical Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from European Manufacturing Sectors
Rubashkina, Yana; Galeotti, Marzio; Verdolini, Elena - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … performance indicators such as exports. We instead look at overall innovation and productivity impact that are the most relevant … with most of the literature. On the other front, we find no evidence in favor or against the “strong” PH, as productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941067
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones: The Case of Carbon Trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2015
Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China’s endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions. Indeed, aligned with China’s grand experiment with low-carbon provinces and low-carbon cities in six provinces and thirty-six...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011268612
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Impacts of Border Carbon Adjustments on China’s Sectoral Emissions: Simulations with a Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Model
Bao, Qin; Tang, Ling; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Qiao, Han; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
Carbon-based border tax adjustments (BTAs) have recently been proposed by some OECD countries to level the carbon playing field and target major emerging economies. This paper applies a multi-sector dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to estimate the impacts of the BTAs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421242
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The SO2 Allowance Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reflections on Twenty Years of Policy Innovation
Chan, Gabriel; Stavins, Robert; Stowe, Robert; Sweeney, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
The introduction of the U.S. SO2 allowance-trading program to address the threat of acid rain as part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 is a landmark event in the history of environmental regulation. The program was a great success by almost all measures. This paper, which draws upon a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650280
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Adaptive Policy Mechanisms for Transboundary Air Pollution Regulation: Reasons and Recommendations
Kelly, J. Andrew; Vollebergh, Herman R.J. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
In the context of transboundary air pollution policy the broad ambition is to achieve reductions in the level of environmental and societal damage associated with certain pollutant concentrations and exposure rates in a cost effective manner. Policy formulation and legislative frameworks in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010833926
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What’s the Damage? Environmental Regulation with Policy-Motivated Bureaucrats
Voß, Achim; Lingens, Jörg - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
Many environmental-policy problems are characterized by complexity and uncertainty. Government’s choice concerning these policies commonly relies on information provided by a bureaucracy. Environmental bureaucrats often have a political motivation of their own, so they might be tempted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813781
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China’s efforts towards energy conservation and environmental quality. The article discusses a variety...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010813782
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Energy and Environmental Issues and Policy in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
China’s rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international perspective, is not meant to continue on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732281