Research article by Simon Dietz on 20 May 2012
Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which … read more »
Working paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Raphael Calel on 1 Mar 2012
This paper was updated in February 2013 This paper investigates the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)on technological change. We exploit installations-level inclusion … read more »
Research article by Luca Taschini on 20 Feb 2012
Market mechanisms are increasingly being used as a tool for allocating somewhat scarce but unpriced rights and resources, and the European Emission Trading Scheme is an example. By means … read more »
Research article by Luca Taschini on 20 Feb 2012
In principle, linking emission trading schemes would favour the depletion of low-cost abatement opportunities that are geographically spread over the globe. However, this would only be possible if the … read more »
Research article by on 14 Feb 2012
Financial crises and contagion have highlighted the need for safe haven assets. However, their existence, role and interactions are not well understood. We analyze the two most prominent yet … read more »
Policy publication by Alex Bowen on 1 Dec 2011
Carbon pricing, whether through emissions trading or taxes which discourage high-carbon behaviour, should be a fundamental pillar of policies designed to mitigate climate change. Nevertheless, successful implementation of pricing schemes … read more »
Book by Andy Gouldson on 1 Nov 2011
Gouldson, A., and Sullivan, R. November 2011. Climate Change and the Crisis of Capitalism: a chance to reclaim, self, society and nature (Mark Pelling, David Manuel-Navarrete, Michael Redclift [eds.]). Routledge.
Working paper by Raphael Calel on 10 Aug 2011
Market-based instruments are widely used to encourage innovation and investment in cleaner technologies. Using a simple analytical framework and graphical representations, this paper provides a theoretical … read more »
Policy publication by Alex Bowen on 1 Aug 2011
The Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) have published a policy paper, originally commissioned as a working … read more »
Working paper by Simon Dietz on 1 Jul 2011
This note considers the treatment of risk and uncertainty in the recently established ‘social cost of carbon’ (SCC) for analysis of federal regulations in the United … read more »
