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Recently Acemolgu, Aghion, Bursztyn and Hemous (AER 2012) formulated a model in which a high macroeconomic elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty production represents a crucial condition for green growth. Until now it has never been systematically estimated. Using a novel panel of...
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This study analyzes carbon emission trends and drivers in 40 major economies using the WIOD database, a harmonized and consistent dataset of input-output table time series accompanied by environmental satellite data. We use logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition to (1) study trends in...
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impacts on the EU. The methodological framework used is based on a multi-country and multi-sectoral computable general … equilibrium model for eleven EU-member states. The emphasis of the analysis lies on the institutional setting of a carbon dioxide … findings of the paper can be summarized as follows: 1) There is some potential for a double dividend in the EU. 2) Coordination …
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greenhouse gas entitlements and to analyse the potential impacts of these rules EU-wide as well as on the level of member states … multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium model for fourteen EU-member states. The major finding of the paper is that … EU economies allows smaller economies not to make full use of the advantages they get through the ability …
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differentiated permit schemes, evaluating the U.S. Acid Rain and RECLAIM Program, and considering the setting in the EU-15 countries … addressed adequately by a differentiated bundle of countermeasures. The general economic impact of an EU-wide permit scheme is …
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allocation for ETS sectors. Linking the Chinese to the European ETS and restricting the transfer volume to one third of the EU …
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Without participation of the United States, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, mitigation of global climate change seems hardly conceivable. Despite the U.S. rejection of the Kyoto Protocol and the reluctance of the Bush administration to engage in Post-Kyoto negotiations, recent...
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Hinter der Forderung nach höherer Energieeffizienz stehen üblicherweise konkrete umwelt- und energiepolitische Ziele wie Klimaschutz, Versorgungssicherheit und Ressourcenschonung. Das vorliegende Papier analysiert diese Argumente und diskutiert mögliche Politikinstrumente zur Zielerreichung....
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Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for … measures to address these concerns in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS): border tax adjustments (BTA) and the Clean … policy on energy-intensive and export-oriented industries. The regulatory protection of these industries via subsidies for EU …
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