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From fossil fuels to renewables : studies on the effects of resource endowments and climate policy on economic outcomes
Montoya Gómez, Ana Maria - 2020
This doctoral thesis, organized in three self-contained chapters, provides an analysis of the economic effects associated with the extraction of natural resources and the transition from an economy based on fossil fuel use to an economy relying primarily on renewable energy sources. Chapter 1...
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Burden of disease and climate interactions : an illustrative study of Surat City, India
Goldar, Amrita; Tewari, Meenu; Sen, Flavy - 2019
interventions with respect to the introduction of numerous public health initiatives has led to a plateauing of the number of cases … health. Using past data on disease cases, climate trajectories (temperature, precipitation) malarial risk is projected. This … health risk is then monetized to help establish the burden of malaria to be faced by the city from an economic point of view …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994124
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Covid-19 and climate change : a tale of two global problems
Fuentes, Rolando; Galeotti, Marzio; Lanza, Alessandro; … - 2020
In this paper, we examine the similarities and the differences between two global problems, the Coronavirus pandemic and climate change, and the extent to which the experience with the Covid19 pandemic can be of use for tackling climate change. We show that both problems share the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405778
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The green paradox : a supply-side view of the climate problem
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2015
Why have policies aimed at reducing the demand for carbon not succeeded in slowing down global carbon extraction and CO2 emissions, and why have carbon prices failed to increase over the last three decades? This comment argues that this is because of the Green Paradox, i.e. - (the anticipation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528868
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation : Policies and Options for the Future
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Chateau, Jean; Duval, Romain; … - 2008
rational. However, success in abating world emissions will ultimately require a least-cost set of policy instruments that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444590
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation : How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-Effective Manner
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Chateau, Jean; Dellink, Rob; … - 2009
This paper examines the cost of a range of national, regional and global mitigation policies and the corresponding incentives for countries to participate in ambitious international mitigation actions. The paper illustrates the scope for available instruments to strengthen these incentives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446764
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On the interrelation between carbon offsetting and other voluntary climate protection activities : theory and empirical evidencey
Lange, Andreas; Schwirplies, Claudia; Ziegler, Andreas - 2014
This paper provides theoretical and empirical insights on the extent to which the availability of carbon offsetting may substitute the individual use of other carbon-reducing measures. Theoretically, we demonstrate an ambiguous impact of offsetting on the use of other measures and derive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399732
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The green paradox in open economies
Long, Ngo Van - 2014
This paper explains how, in the context of incomplete coordination among all countries, unilateral policies that might at first sight seem pro-green could actually turn out to harm the global environment. The free-riding motives and the difficulty of reaching an effective international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010245993
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The politics of market linkage : linking domestic climate policies with international political economy
Green, Jessica F.; Sterner, Thomas; Wagner, Gernot - 2014
After twenty years of global negotiations, the world is still far from a comprehensive climate agreement. The "top …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010373734
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Cooperation on climate-change mitigation : presented at CESifo Area Conference on Energy and Climate Economics, October 2015
Mason, Charles F.; Polasky, Alan Stephen; Tarui, Nori - 2016
We model countries' choice of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a dynamic game. Emissions generate immediate benefits to the emitting country but also increase atmospheric GHG concentrations that negatively affect present and future welfare of all countries. Because there are no international...
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