Working paper by Baran Doda on 10 Oct 2016
This study of 39 countries shows that business sectors that have low levels of carbon dioxide emissions per output are outpacing the general economy in terms of productivity growth, while increasing the number of jobs and skill levels. read more »
Working paper by Giles Atkinson, Kirk Hamilton on 23 Sep 2016
The UK has been an exception to the trend of channelling revenues arising from the depletion of subsoil assets into a resource fund. In this paper, we construct an asset … read more »
Working paper by Greer Gosnell, Alessandro Tavoni on 15 Aug 2016
The recent global climate change agreement in Paris leaves a wide gap between pledged and requisite emissions reductions in keeping with the commonly accepted 2°C target. A recent strand of … read more »
Working paper by Luca Taschini, Sascha Kollenberg on 29 Jul 2016
This working paper analyses the design of the market stability reserve proposed as part of the reform of the European Union emissions trading system. read more »
Working paper by Hélia Costa, Graham Floater, Hans Hooyberghs, Stijn Verbeke, Koen De Ridder on 29 Jul 2016
Cities are particularly vulnerable to heat waves. Despite this, no comprehensive methodology has been developed to assess the costs of heat stress on city economies either currently or under future … read more »
Working paper by Stefano Carattini, Alessandro Tavoni on 28 Jul 2016
The market for voluntary carbon offsets has grown steadily in the last decade, yet it remains a very small niche. While 10% of greenhouse gas emissions generated by transportation are … read more »
Working paper by Paolo Falbo, Cristian Pelizzari, Luca Taschini on 20 Jul 2016
We investigate the combined effect of an Emission Trading System (ETS) and renewable energy sources on electricity generation investment in energy-only markets. We propose a simple representation of the capacity … read more »
Working paper by Geoffrey Barrows, Helene Ollivier on 28 Jun 2016
Study looks at how market conditions shape aggregate CO2 emission intensity from manufacturing. read more »
Working paper by Michele Imbruno, Tobias Ketterer on 23 Jun 2016
This paper investigates whether importing intermediate goods improves firm-level environmental performance in a developing country, using data from the Indonesian manufacturing sector. We build a simple theoretical model showing that … read more »
Working paper by Stefano Carattini, Andrea Baranzini, Philippe Thalmann, Frédéric Varone, Frank Vöhringer on 21 Jun 2016
Turning greenhouse gas emissions pledges into domestic policies is the next challenge for governments. We address the question of the acceptability of cost-effective climate policy in a real-voting setting. First, … read more »
