Working papers
Below are working papers produced this year by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP).
These working papers are intended to stimulate discussion within the research community and among users of research, and their content may have been submitted for publication in academic journals. They have been reviewed by at least one internal referee before publication. The views expressed in these papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the host institutions or funders.
Working papers from previous years are ordered by date:
May
Working Paper 134
Sectors under scrutiny – Evaluation of indicators to assess the risk of carbon leakage in the UK and Germany| (PDF, 2.15MB)
Misato Sato, Karsten Neuhoff, Verena Graichen, Katja Schumacher and Felix Matthes
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April
Working Paper 133
Discounting under disagreement| (PDF, 490KB)
Geoffrey Heal and Antony Millner
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Working Paper 132
Unpacking livelihood challenges and opportunities in energy crop cultivation: perspectives on Jatropha curcas projects in Mali| (PDF, 711KB)
Nicola Favretto, L.C. Stringer and A.J. Dougill
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Working Paper 131
Predicting agricultural impacts of large-scale drought: 2012 and the case for better modeling| (PDF, 638KB)
Joshua Elliot, Michael Glotter, Neil Best, Ken Boote, Jim Jones, Jerry Hatfield, Cynthia Rozenweig, Leonard A. Smith and Ian Foster
Working Paper 130
Economy-wide impacts of REDD when there is political influence| (PDF, 455KB)
Timothy Laing, Charles Palmer
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Working Paper 129
Declining discount rates and the Fisher Effect: inflated past, discounted future?| (PDF, 373KB)
Mark C. Freeman, Ben Groom, Ekaterini Panopoulou and Theologos Pantelidis
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March
Working Paper 128
Uncertainty and decision in climate change economics| (PDF, 559KB)
Geoffrey Heal and Antony Millner
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Working Paper 127
Fast-tracking “green” patent applications: an empirical analysis| (PDF, 773KB)
Antoine Dechezleprêtre
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February
Working Paper 126
Assessing the effectiveness of the EU Emissions Trading System| (PDF, 596KB)
Tim Laing, Misato Sato, Michael Grubb and Claudia Comberti
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Working Paper 125
Regime shifts in a social-ecological system| (PDF, 436KB)
Steven J. Lade, Alessandro Tavoni, Simon A. Levin and Maja Schlüter
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January
Working Paper 124
An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development|
Emma L. Tompkins, Adelina Mensah, Lesley King, Tran Kim Long, Elaine T Lawson, Craig Hutton, Viet Anh Hoang, Chris Gordon, Marianne Fish, Jen Dyer
and Nadia Bood
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Working Paper 123
Farmer participation in the Equitable Payments for Watershed Services in Morogoro, Tanzania|
Emmanuel J Kwayu, Susannah M Sallu and Jouni Paavola
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Working Paper 122
Political competition, learning and the consequences of heterogeneous beliefs for long-run public projects|
Antony Millner, Hélène Ollivier and Leo Simon
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Working Paper 116
Do market-based instruments really induce more environmental R&D? A test using US panel data|
David Grover
This is a revised version of the paper originally submitted in November 2012, entitled 'Does flexibility really induce more environmental R&D? A test using US panel data'
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Working Paper 121
Laplace’s Demon and climate change|
Roman Frigg, Seamus Bradley, Hailiang Du and Leonard A. Smith