This paper studies how subsidies for solar systems can lead to second-degree moral hazard - the impulse of installers to increase prices and/or reduce labor input when customers receive subsidies. Employing an instrumental variable strategy using plausibly exogenous variation in the size of...

Climate change is an issue that requires global attention and co-operation. As climate science develops an understanding of changes to the future climate state, policy makers and engineering project planners beg to know what claims can be made on the subject with a reasonable level of...