Search Results - subject:"Climate policy"

Environmental policy on the back of an envelope : a Cobb-Douglas model is not just a teaching tool

Fullerton, Don; Ta, Chi L. - 2019

Environmental policy on the back of an envelope : a Cobb-Douglas model is not just a teaching tool

Fullerton, Don; Ta, Chi Lan - 2019

To clarify and interpret the workings of a large computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of environmental policy in the U.S., we build an aggregated Cobb-Douglas (CD) model that can be solved easily and analytically. Its closed-form expressions show exactly how key parameters determine the...

The status of climate policy integration in EU energy policy

Kettner-Marx, Claudia; Kletzan-Slamanig, Daniela - 2018

The integration of climate policy concerns in other policy areas, where decisions are taken that determine greenhouse … between energy policy and climate policy as the major part of greenhouse gas emissions is related to energy supply and use. In … this paper we initially compile a set of seven indicators for assessing climate policy integration (political commitment …

Climate policy integration at the national and regional level: A case study for Austria and Styria

Kettner-Marx, Claudia; Kletzan-Slamanig, Daniela - 2018

In order to limit climate change the cross-cutting nature of climate policy needs to be recognised. Many climate …-relevant decisions are taken in other policy areas with only little regard to climate change impacts. In order for climate policy to be … government. In this paper we analyse the extent of climate policy integration in Austrian policy-making via in-depth expert …

The status of climate policy integration in EU energy policy

Kettner, Claudia; Kletzan-Slamanig, Daniela - 2018

Climate policy integration at the national and regional level : a case study for Austria and Styria

Kettner, Claudia; Kletzan-Slamanig, Daniela - 2018

PESETA III : climate change impacts on labour productivity

Gosling, Simon N.; Zaherpour, Jamal; Ibarreta, Dolores - Europäische Kommission / Gemeinsame Forschungsstelle - 2018

Optimum growth and carbon policies with lags in the climate system

Bretschger, Lucas; Karydas, Christos - 2017

We study the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on optimum growth and environmental policy by using an expansion-in-varieties growth model with polluting non-renewable resources. Climate change harms the capital stock. Our main contribution is to introduce and extensively explore the naturally...

Understanding risks and uncertainties in energy and climate policy: Multidisciplinary methods and tools for a low carbon society

Doukas, Haris (contributor); Flamos, Alexandros (contributor) - 2019

for the design and assessment of energy and climate policies. In particular, it examines energy and climate policy … performance and associated risks, as well as public acceptance and portfolio analysis in climate policy, and presents methods for …

Green fiscal reform for a just energy transition in Latin America

Jakob, Michael; Soria, Rafael; Trinidad, Carlos; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 13 (2019) 2019-17, pp. 1-11

Green fiscal reforms would contribute to climate change mitigation, increase the economic efficiency of national tax systems and provide additional public revenues. Some countries in Latin America have already taken first steps towards green fiscal reforms. This outlook article provides an...