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Crossing the river by feeling the stones : the case of carbon trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 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 cities,...
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Greening up or not? : the determinants political parties' environmental concern ; an empirical analysis based on European data (1970 - 2008)
Michallet, Benjamin; Gaeta, Giuseppe Lucio; Facchini, … - 2015
Why do parties offer environmental policies in their political programs? While a number of papers examine the determinants of citizens' pro-environmental behaviour, we know little about the extent to which political parties adjust their platform towards environmentalism. We investigate this...
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Insights in a clean energy future for Belgium : impact assessment of the 2030 Climate & Energy Framework
Devogelaer, Danielle; Gusbin, Dominique - 2018
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A user's guide for economic instruments in domestic and international climate change policy : what role can they play in a Belgian climate change strategy?
Van Ierland, W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002067298
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Environmental policy and directed technological change : evidence from the European carbon market
Calel, Raphael; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2012
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has aimed to encourage the development of low-carbon technologies … their patenting history and their regulatory status under EU ETS, we investigate the hypothesis that the EU ETS has … activities at the EPO since 2005, especially among EU ETS regulated companies during the Scheme's second phase. Naive estimates …
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The "Doomsday" effect in climate policies : why is the present decade so crucial to tackling the climate challenge?
Perrissin Fabert, Baptiste; Espagne, Etienne; Pottier, … - 2012
Despite growing scientific evidence that passing a 2°C temperature increase may trigger tipping points in climate dynamics, most Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) based on Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) with smooth quadratic damage functions are unable to account for the possibility of strong...
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Climate policies : a burden or a gain?
Bréchet, Thierry; Tulkens, Henry - 2013
That climate policies are costly is evident and therefore often creates major fears. But the alternative (no action) also has a cost. Mitigation costs and damages incurred depend on what the climate policies are; moreover, they are substitutes. This brings climate policies naturally in the realm...
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Transforming the European energy system : member states’ prospects within the EU framework
Knopf, Brigitte; Bakken, Bjørn; Carrara, Samuel; … - 2014
important to improve coordination between Member State policies and those at EU level. …
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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : empirical evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from European manufacturing sectors
Rubashkina, Yana; Galeotti, Marzio; Verdolini, Elena - 2014
This paper represents an empirical investigation of the "weak" and "strong" Porter Hypothesis (PH) focusing on the manufacturing sectors of European countries between 1997 and 2009. By and large, the literature has analyzed the impact of environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity...
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European forests and carbon sequestration services: an economic assessment of climate change impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja - 2010
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
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