Global coal deposits are often associated with trapped methane, whose nature and composition are similar to that of the natural gas. Compared to coal, this trapped methane is a superior as well as cleaner fuel but its fugitive emission from coal mines is also a serious environmental threat. In...

In this paper, we have studied the links between (the timing of) innovation policies and abatement policies under different assumptions of innovation policies such as the possibilities to use patent life time as a policy instrument. We study the timing and interdependence between optimal...