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On the mechanism of international technology diffusion for energy technological progress

Jin, Wei; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015

International diffusion of energy-saving technologies has received considerable attention in recent energy and climate economics studies. As a helpful methodological complement to the existing large-scale CGE/IAM-based modelling for energy and climate policy studies, this paper contributes to a...

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Low carbon standard and transmission investment analysis in the new multi-region US power sector model FACETS

Wright, Evelyn; Kanudia, Amit - In: Energy economics 46 (2014), pp. 136-150

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Implications of diverging social and private discount rates for investments in the German power industry: a new case for nuclear energy?

Heinzel, Christoph - 2008

for the German power industry around 2015. The distortions remain moderate as compared to other investment subsidies …

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Implications of diverging social and private discount rates for investments in the German power industry: a new case for nuclear energy?

Heinzel, Christoph - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2008

for the German power industry around 2015. The distortions remain moderate as compared to other investment subsidies …

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The role of environmental and technology policies in the transition to a low-carbon energy industry

Heinzel, Christoph; Winkler, Ralph - CER-ETH Center of Economic Research, Department of … - 2007

a non-distortionary investment subsidy. …

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Social Discounting with Diminishing Returns on Investment

Vatter, Marc H. - 2017

I estimate the social discount rate allowing returns on investment to differ from returns on wealth. Historical returns … on wealth and investment in the United States imply estimates of pure time preference and risk aversion, which I use to … project returns going forward. I generalize the Ramsey Rule for optimal investment to account for any difference between rates …

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Embedded discounting

Sneum, Daniel Møller; Soysal, Emilie Rosenlund; Nesje, … - 2023

The appraisal of public investments is subject to formal guidelines which often require input prices, such as forecasted energy prices. Using Danish guidelines as a case study, we explore the discounting assumptions in these input prices and find rates ranging from 2.97% to 17.5%, markedly...

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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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Assessing the effects of climate policy on companies' greenhouse gas emissions

Montoya Gómez, Ana Maria; Zimmer, Markus - 2017 - September 4, 2017

We study the effect of climate policy on companies' greenhouse gas emissions using emissions data for the headquarters and subsidiaries of the world's biggest manufacturing, energy, and utility companies. Our results suggest that financial incentives and legal requirements to audit energy use...

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Levelling the Playing Field : On the Missing Role of Network Externality in Designing Renewable Energy Technology Deployment Policies

Jin, Wei - 2015

In creating a level playing field that facilitates the deployment of renewable energy technology (RET), the traditional energy policy regime based on eliminating RET's cost gaps versus fossil energy technology (FET) may be not sufficient. Building on an economic model of energy technology...

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