Intro -- Acknowledgment -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Content of the Thesis -- 2 Use coal or invest in renewables: a real options analysis of energy investments in the Philippines -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Methodology -- 2.2.1 Net present...

In this paper we present a new approach to evaluate the environmental efficiency of decision making units. We propose a model that describes a two-stage process consisting of a production and an end-of-pipe abatement stage with the environmental efficiency being determined by the efficiency of...

We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and dirty technologies compete in production and innovation. in the sense that research can be directed to either clean or dirty technologies. If dirty technologies are more advanced to start with, the potential transition to...