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The strategic use of abatement by a polluting monopoly

Martín Herrán, Guiomar; Rubio, Santiago J. - 2016

This paper evaluates the effects of the lack of regulatory commitment on emission tax applied by the regulator, abatement effort made by the monopoly and social welfare comparing two alternative policy games. The first game assumes that the regulator commits to an ex-ante level of the emission...

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Getting cars off the road : the cost-effectiveness of an episodic pollution control program

Cropper, Maureen L.; Jiang, Yi; Alberini, Anna; Baur, … - 2010

Ground level ozone remains a serious problem in the United States. Because ozone non-attainment is a summer problem, episodic rather than continuous controls of ozone precursors are possible. We evaluate the costs and effectiveness of an episodic scheme that requires people to buy permits in...

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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

environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity generally in separate analyses and mostly focusing on the USA. The few … existing studies focusing on Europe investigate the effect of environmental regulation either on green innovation or on … performance indicators such as exports. We instead look at overall innovation and productivity impact that are the most relevant …

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Energy Systems Integration: Implications for public policy

Cambini, Carlo; Congiu, Raffaele; Jamasb, Tooraj; … - 2020

Energy Systems Integration (ESI) is an emerging paradigm and at the centre of the EU energy debate. ESI takes a holistic view of the electricity, gas and heat sectors to deliver a clean, reliable and affordable energy system. By identifying and exploiting the synergies within and between the...

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China in the transition to a low-carbon economy

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: September, 2009

China, from its own perspective cannot afford to, and from an international perspective, is not allowed to continue on the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment. The country needs to transform its economy to effectively address concern about a range...

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Copenhagen and beyond : reflections on China's stance and responses

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: March 2010

China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations at Copenhagen, the accusations previously always targeted on the U.S. To put such a criticism into perspective, this paper provides some reflections on China's stance and...

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Assessing China's energy conservation and carbon intensity : how will the future differ from the past?

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: May 24, 2010

As an important step towards building a "harmonious society" through "scientific development", China has incorporated for the first time in its five-year economic plan an energy input indicator as a constraint. While it achieved a quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by...

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In what format and under what timeframe would China take on climate commitments? : a roadmap to 2050

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: June 8, 2009

In what format and under what timeframe China would take on climate commitments is of significant relevance to China because it is facing great pressure both inside and outside international climate negotiations to exhibit greater ambition and is being confronted with the threats of trade...

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Assessing China's carbon intensity pledge for 2020 : stringency and credibility issues and their implications

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2010 - This version: July 2010

Just prior to the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative to its 2005 levels to help to reach an international climate change agreement at Copenhagen or beyond. This raises the issue of whether such a pledge is ambitious or just represents...

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Afforestation and timber management compliance strategies in climate policy : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Michetti, Melania; Nunes Rosa, Renato - 2011

This paper analyzes the role of afforestation-reforestation and timber management activities, and their major and secondary economic effects in stabilizing climate during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, with a Computable General Equilibrium framework, the ICES...

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