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Energy Saving Technology Diffusion via FDI and Trade: A CGE Model of China
Hübler, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
model for climate policy analyses. It analyzes China’s accession to a Post Kyoto emission regime that keeps global emissions …, China will become a net seller of emission permits and steadily reduce emissions, possibly below their 2004 level until 2030 … on Chinese welfare will not significantly change when China joins the Post Kyoto regime …
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Integration of biophysical and agro-economic models to assess the economic effects of climate change on agriculture: A review of global and EU regional approaches
Fernández, Francisco J.; Blanco, Maria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
The economic effects of climate change on agriculture have been widely assessed in the last two decades. Many of these assessments are based on the integration of biophysical and agro-economic models, allowing to understand the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082278
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Exploring Public Perception of Solar Radiation Management
Merk, Christine; Pönitzsch, Gert; Kniebes, Carola; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Solar radiation management (SRM) could quickly offset global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Because SRM would have global side effects, it raises not only technological but also political and social concerns. Therefore, SRM research should be accompanied by a global...
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Including Maritime Transport in the EU´s Climate Change Policy: Country-Based Allocation and Effects
Heitmann, Nadine - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The European Union (EU) is actively campaigning for the global regulation of carbon emissions generated by maritime bunker fuels because these emissions are presently barely regulated and are projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. However, since a global regulation has not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886874
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The Potential Contribution of the Shipping Sector to an Efficient Reduction of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Heitmann, Nadine; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
In this paper, we analyze how much the shipping sector could contribute to global CO2 emission reductions from an efficiency point of view. To do this, a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) for the shipping sector is generated that can be combined with a MACC for conventional CO2 abatement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886913
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Informed and Uninformed Opinions on New Measures to Address Climate Change
Kniebes, Carola; Merk, Christine; Pönitzsch, Gert; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Climate engineering (CE) and carbon capture and storage sub-seabed (CCS-S) are currently controversially debated options to address climate change. Our paper provides empirical evidence on the public perception of two different CE measures, namely, stratospheric sulphate injection (SSI) and...
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Estimating the impact of climate change on agricultural production: accounting for technology heterogeneity across countries
Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas; Wolters, Maik - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
We estimate the impact of climate change on agricultural production in a panel of 127 countries from 1961 to 2002. In contrast to the existing literature we account for cross-sectional dependence and technology heterogeneity. We find no significant impact of climate change on agricultural...
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Who bears the costs of climate change? Evidence from Tunisia
Wiebelt, Manfred; Al-Raffai, Perrihan; Breisinger, Clemens - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
In order to estimate the economic costs of climate change for Tunisia, this paper uses a combination of biophysical and economic models. In addition, the paper draws on the literature to complement the quantitative analysis with policy recommendations on how to adapt to the changing climate. The...
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The rate of change of the social cost of carbon and the social planner's hotelling rule
Kögel, Tomas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
This paper derives the social cost of carbon (SCC) and its rate of change. It does so in a deterministic Ramsey model of optimal economic growth with carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels. It is shown that the determinants of the rate of change of the SCC are substantially almost identical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010983177
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Uncertainty and economic analysis of climate change : a survey of approaches and findings
Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
The analysis of climate change is confronted with large uncertainties that need to be taken into account to arrive at meaningful policy recommendations. The main contribution of economics to this interdisciplinary task is to provide formal frameworks and techniques for analyzing climate policy...
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