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From Fossil Fuels to Renewables : The Role of Electricity Storage
Lazkano, Itziar - 2016
We analyze the role of electricity storage for technological innovations in electricity generation. We propose a directed technological change model of the electricity sector, where innovative firms develop better electricity storage solutions, which affect not only the relative competitiveness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989611
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Chapter 15. A Global Approach to Energy andtheEnvironment : The G-Cubed Model
McKibbin, Warwick J.; Wilcoxen, Peter J. - In: Handbook of computable general equilibrium modeling : …, (pp. 995-1068). 2013
G-Cubed is a multi-country, multi-sector, intertemporal general equilibrium model that has been used to study a variety of policies in the areas of environmental regulation, tax reform, monetary and fiscal policy, and international trade. It is designed to bridge the gaps between three areas of...
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Governance for Post-COVID-19 Carbon Reduction : A Case Study of the Transport Sector
Zhang, Junyi - 2021
This article argues that carbon reduction goals in the transport sector should be achieved through the management of policy making and implementation processes, based on a transport-sector carbon emissions identity and the DIRECT approach. Based on the above identity, it is argued that carbon...
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There’s Technology Improvement, but is there Economy-wide Energy Leapfrogging? A Country Panel Analysis
Liddle, Brant - 2020
-capita GDP levels as the more mature OECD countries did in previous decades. Importantly, our results depend upon (i) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012850454
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Carbon Accounting by Public and Private Financial Institutions : Can We Be Sure Climate Finance Is Leading to Emissions Reductions?
Spittle, Emily; Dietrich Brauch, Martin - 2021
As reporting GHG emissions becomes mandatory in the financial sector, the methods by which emissions are calculated will grow in importance for their impact on the resulting metric. Progress is underway in both the public and private financial sectors to embed emissions accounting standards, but...
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Income elasticity for animal-based protein and food supply
Kmetʹková, Diana; Ščasný, Milan - 2022
context of a sustainable diet. The findings suggest that the relationship between GDP per capita and animal-based food and … shows to be inelastic across the domain, however, the specific values vary depending on the country's level of GDP. The … reaches a GDP level of about $ 77,000-$ 81,000. …
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Commodity Prices and Growth
Ferraro, Domenico - 2016
In this paper we propose an endogenous growth model of commodity-rich economies in which: (i) long-run (steady-state) growth is endogenous and yet independent of commodity prices; (ii) commodity prices affect short-run growth through transitional dynamics; and (iii) the status of net commodity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012981869
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Promoting Poles of Clean Growth to Foster the Transition to a More Sustainable Economy
Hoffmann, Ulrich - 2015
For effective mitigation of the current severe economic crisis, developing countries can seize real opportunities for cleaner growth, including low-carbon growth. While complex and long, the process of greening economies can and should be gradually piloted towards selected “poles of clean...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039093
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The "greening" of industrial policy, headwinds and a possible symbiosis
Aiginger, Karl - 2013
The importance of manufacturing for industrialized countries has been reappraised, specifically in the wake of the financial crisis and of China's rise to world no 1 in manufacturing. A "new industrial policy" should bolster reindustrialization, different from the old selective and...
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The use of patent statistics for international comparisons and analysis of narrow technological fields
Haščič, Ivan; Silva, Jérôme; Johnstone, Nick - 2015
Patent data provide an increasingly used means to analyse innovation performance worldwide including in countries with incomplete data coverage, such as some developing countries. This paper discusses the specific issues associated with using patent data for measuring and analysing innovation in...
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