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Environmental performance and equilibrium
BRECHET, Thierry; MICHEL, Philippe - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2004
Firms' or industries' ranking in terms of environmental performance may be influenced by equilibrium and not only by ex ante technological characteristics. We adopt a natural definition of relative eco-efficiency between two industries operating withinthe same environmental constraint: the more...
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From BAT (best available technique) to BCAT (best combination of available techniques)
BRECHET, Thierry; TULKENS, Henry - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2006
Technological choices are multi-dimensional and thus one needs a multidimensional methodology to identify best available techniques. Moreover, in the presence of environmental externalities generated by productive activities, ?best? available techniques should be best from Society's point of...
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Social awareness and duopoly competition
nada, BELHADJ; GABSZEWICZ, Jean J.; TAROLA, Ornella - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2013
Human actions are often guided both by individual rationality and by social norms. In this paper we explore how duopoly market competition values the variants of a product, when these variants embody at different levels the requirements derived from some social norm. In a model where preferences...
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The kyoto Protocol, the Copenhagen Accord, the Cancun Agreements, and beyond: an economic and game theoretical exploration and interpretation
CHANDER, Parkash; TULKENS, Henry - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2011
theory of environmental games as developed in a forthcoming book, are being used for studying the current problem of climate … theory can shape policy in the area of climate change. After a summary presentation of the relevant features of the Protocol … this exercise to an appraisal of the situation of the world climate regime that is currently prevailing, after the Protocol …
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The natalist bias of pollution control
DE LA CROIX, David; GOSSERIES, Axel - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2011
For a given technology, two ways are available to achieve low polluting emissions: reducing production per capita or reducing population size. This paper insists on the tension between the former and the latter. Controlling pollution either through Pigovian taxes or through tradable quotas...
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Are compact cities environmentally friendly?
GAIGNE, Carl; RIOU, Stéphane; THISSE, Jacques-François - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2012
There is a wide consensus among international institutions and national governments in favor of compact (i.e. densely populated) cities as a way to improve the ecological performance of the transport system. Indeed, when both the intercity and intra-urban distributions of activities are given, a...
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Environmental maintenance in a dynamic model with heterogenous agents
BORISSOV, Kirill; BRECHET, Thierry; LAMBRECHT, Stéphane - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2012
We assume a population of infinitely-lived households of the economy split into two groups : one with a high discount factor (the patient) and one with a low one (the impatient). The environmental quality is deteriorated by firm's polluting emissions. The governmental policy consists in...
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Are clean technology and environmental quality conflicting policy goals?
BRECHET, Thierry; MEUNIER, Guy - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2012
In this paper we analyze the effects of an environmental policy on the diffusion of a clean technology in an economy where firms compete on the output market. We show that the share of adopting firms is non-monotonic with the stringency of the environmental policy, and that the adoption of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010927698
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“Mitigation, adaptation, suffering” : In search of the right mix in the face of climate change
TULKENS, Henri; VAN STEENBERGHE, Vincent - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550165
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Environmental negotiations as dynamic games: Why so selfish?
BOUCEKKINE, RAOUF; KRAWCZYK, Jacek B.; VALLEE, Thomas - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008550208