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Analysis of policies to deal with global warming is complicated by three features of the problem: uncertainty about the … include uncertainty, learning and irreversibility and show that for most parameter values current abatement of emissions of …
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The choice between taxes and tradable permits has been independently analysed by two distinct research traditions. The first proceeds from Weitzman's partial equilibrium stochastic model and concludes that a tax should be preferred if the marginal abatement cost curve is steeper than the...
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The choice between taxes and tradable permits has been independently analysed by two distinct research traditions. The first proceeds from Weitzman’s partial equilibrium stochastic model and concludes that a tax should be preferred if the marginal abatement cost curve is steeper than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005684459
The choice between taxes and tradable permits has been independently analysed by two distinct research traditions. The first proceeds from Weitzman's partial equilibrium stochastic model and concludes that a tax should be preferred if the marginal abatement cost curve is steeper than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005719896
. What additional economic cost of mitigation measures will this delay imply? At the same time, the uncertainty surrounding … this uncertainty cost? Is there a hedging strategy that decision makers can adopt to cope with delayed action and uncertain … computing the optimal abatement strategy in the presence of uncertainty about a global stabilisation target (which will be …
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Environmental managers face substantial uncertainty when deciding on management actions. To reduce this uncertainty … on the management cost, the assumed value of a good state and on the level of uncertainty regarding the ecological state …
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incorporates a state-contingent representation of uncertainty. The severity of the impact depends, in large measure, on the extent …
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Environmental managers face substantial uncertainty when deciding on management actions. To reduce this uncertainty … on the management cost, the assumed value of a good state and on the level of uncertainty regarding the ecological state …
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under uncertainty. It is shown that, from an efficiency point of view, it is generally preferable to divide the economy into …
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We consider an industry with firms that produce a final good emitting pollution to different degree as a side effect. Pollution is regulated by a tradable quota system where some quotas may have been allocated at the outset, i.e. before the quota market is opened. We study how volatility in...
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