This paper provides ex-post empirical evidence on the effects of green technology support policies, in comparison with other climate policies, on carbon dioxide emissions at the aggregate national level. The paper uses cross-country dynamic panel estimation for a sample of 38 countries over the...

Themes of the volume: Biofuels: Potential Alternatives to Fossil Fuels -- Biofuel Economics and Policy: Biofuel Standard, Blending, and Future Insecurities -- Economic Transitions: from Biomass to Biofuels -- Biofuel Economy, Development, and Food Security.

One of the biggest obstacles in cross-country empirical research in the area of environmental economics is the absence of a sound indicator quantifying environmental policy stringency. A variety of indicators have been proposed and are currently used. Almost none of them rely on an explicitly...