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phenomena like climate change. Scientists differ in their views on the thaumaturgic virtues of technical change. There are those … from suffering the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Others believe that there are inexpensive technologies … then study alternative formulations of technical change and, with the help of a computerized climate-economy model, carry …
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evaluated using a world energy systems model of linear programming with a high regional resolution. This model treats … and are considered to follow the "learning by doing" process. Technological changes induced by climate policies are … evaluated by maintaining the technological changes at the levels of the base case wherein there is no climate policy. The …
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The relevance of oil in the world economy explains why considerable effort has been devoted to the development of …
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Some researchers claim that diverse populations lead to less trust. Generalized trust is a core value that leads to positive outcomes in societies
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of climate change impacts. Results are interpreted in terms of derived demand for heating and cooling. Non …
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Internet resources, extended media coverage and international organizations' reports recently witness the increasing interest of western banks in new models of finance, particularly Islamic finance and microfinance. This new trend is not only channeled through the frame of corporate social...
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equilibrium model (CGE) GTAP in order to consistently assess the integrated impacts of climate change on global cropland …
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This paper compares different results from a set of energy scenarios produced by international energy experts, in order to analyze projections on increasing European external energy dependence and vulnerability. Comparison among different scenarios constitutes the basis of a critical review of...
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Extreme events are one of the main channels through which climate and socio- economic systems interact. It is likely … that climate change will modify their probability distributions and their consequences. The long-term growth models used in … climate change assessments, however, cannot capture the effects of short-term shocks; they thus model extreme events in a very …
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The stabilisation of GHG atmospheric concentrations at levels expected to prevent dangerous climate change has become … objective. In this paper we use WITCH, a hybrid climate-energy-economy model, to obtain a quantitative assessment of some cost … spillovers across 12 regions of the world, optimal strategies are the outcome of a dynamic game through which inefficiency costs …
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