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Copenhagen Consensus Center organized an initiative, in which an Expert Panel of outstanding economists convened in Washington DC in September 2009 to compile a prioritized list of specific solutions in the fight against Climate Change. The basis for the discussions and the ranking were...
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Using a multi-region and multi-sector CGE model, this paper evaluates the impact of border adjustment policies of carbon regulations on the Japanese economy. We consider the following six scenarios: 1) no border adjustment, 2) carbon tariffs on imports based on the carbon content in foreign...
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We assess recent Chinese climate policy proposals in a multi‐region, multi‐sector computable general equilibrium model with a Chinese carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS). When the emissions intensity per GDP in 2020 is required to be 45% lower than in 2005, the model simulations indicate...
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This paper provides an overview of the treatment of technological change in economic models of environmental policy. Numerous economic modeling studies have confirmed the sensitivity of mid- and long-run climate change mitigation cost and benefit projections to assumptions about technology...
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This study assesses the incidence of pollution control policies on households. In contrast to previous studies, we employ an integrated framework combining a multisector general equilibrium model with a stochastic dominance analysis using household-level data. We consider three policy...
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There is an urgent need to mitigate global warming for all countries around the world. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has announced a series of energy and climate policy targets in contributing its efforts toward meeting the ambitious goals in the Paris Agreement and the newly pledged...
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Policymakers aiming for the unilateral regulation of transboundary pollutants, such as greenhouse gases, fear as a consequence rising emissions in non-regulating countries. This so-called pollution haven or carbon leakage effect is of particular concern in emission-intensive and trade-exposed...
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This report provides an analysis of how climate change damages may affect international trade in the coming decades and how international trade can help limit the costs of climate change. It analyses the impacts of climate change on trade considering both direct effects on infrastructure and...
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This paper investigates the impact of climate policies on the labor markets in developing countries characterized by a large informal economy. I conduct the analysis employing a dynamic general equilibrium model, which incorporates the three prevalent working groups in developing countries:...
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There is an urgent need to mitigate global warming for all countries around the world. The People's Republic of China (PRC) has announced a series of energy and climate policy targets in contributing its efforts towards meeting the ambitious goals in the Paris Agreement and the newly pledged...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013280057