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We develop and implement a new method for identifying wasted subsidies, and use it to provide systematic evidence on the misallocation of carbon offsets in the Clean Development Mechanism - the world's largest carbon offset program. Using newly constructed data on the locations and...
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The German Energiewende’s potential effects on the reliability of electricity supply as well as the corresponding …) ; German Energiewende ; Electricity outage costs …
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negative externalities and save money. This overview paper presents a simple model of investment in energy-using capital stock … profitable unexploited investment opportunities is much smaller than engineering-accounting studies suggest. Finally, there is …
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on the effects of the rapidly rising electricity tariffs. The issue of tariff increases has now become even more critical …-based electricity. There have been some South African studies that have attempted to estimate the price elasticity of electricity demand … individual firms and their decisions to invest in their own generation, and the longer-run impacts on electricity demand. This …
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The German decision to finally phase-out nuclear electricity has led to a debate on its effects on electricity prices …, emission prices in the European emission trading system, as well as on international electricity trade. We investigate these … effects with a Electricity market model for Europe with investments in power plants under oligopolistic conditions in Germany …
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production capacity. In a zonal pricing electricity market, the one proposed by the European Commission to integrate the European … electricity markets, I analyze the effects that investments in transmission and production capacity have on consumer welfare and … suppliers' profits. In the specific setting of this paper, I show that when the competition is perfect, an investment in …
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The reduced attractiveness of investments in reliable power plants under conditions of liberalized markets and the transition towards renewable energies has brought a discussion on capacity policies to Europe. We use a partial equilibrium model to compare important effects of three basic...
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Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly, especially if the currently strong terms of trade weaken...
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Decarbonization requires the transformation of power markets towards renewable energies and investment costs are …-integer programming to approximate non-linear investment costs. We consider European learning, regional learning, and three different ways …
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Energy system and power market models refrain from distinguishing between private and social discount rates. We devise a strategy to account for diverging private and social discount rates in intertemporal optimization frameworks, resulting in an optimal carbon tax above the marginal damage when...
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