The shift in electric power generation types has gained attention in the context of climate change and more recently by the devastating nuclear fallouts in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake. On the one hand, shifting away from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources would mitigate...

We conduct a set of global computable general equilibrium (CGE) simulations to evaluate economic effects of Hong Kong’s accession to the ASEAN-China FTA (HK-ACFTA) by implementing tariff elimination, logistics, enhancement, and reduction in service trade barriers. All the participating...

In the aftermath of the devastating nuclear fallout in Japan, there has been a harsh debate surrounding the role of nuclear energy in electricity generation. A changing role will have economic consequences on production, consumption, and international trade. To quantity these effects, we...