Working paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Ralf Martin, Philippe Aghion, David Hemous, John Van Reenen on 1 Dec 2012
Can directed technical change be used to combat climate change? We construct new firm-level panel data on auto industry innovation distinguishing between “dirty” (internal combustion engine) … read more »
Working paper by David Grover on 29 Nov 2012
This paper investigates the extent to which ‘advanced’ knowledge and technology is likely to play a role in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission in future by … read more »
Working paper by David Grover on 28 Nov 2012
Greenhouse gas emission limits are a major source of technical and policy uncertainty for electric power industry professionals. This paper tries to reduce some of this … read more »
Working paper by David Grover on 27 Nov 2012
This paper was updated in January 2013 National governments are considering increasing spending on greenhouse gas mitigation R&D by billions of dollars per year at a … read more »
Working paper by Simon Dietz, Oliver Walker on 26 Nov 2012
Many insurance and reinsurance contracts are contingent on events such as hurricanes, terrorist attacks or political upheavals whose probabilities are not known with precision. There is … read more »
Working paper by Emanuele Campiglio on 25 Nov 2012
Recent international environmental negotiations have highlighted the importance of establishing a commonly agreed approach to attribute climate change responsibilities. In this paper we investigate how choices … read more »
Working paper by on 5 Nov 2012
Atela, J. November 2012. Working paper, STEPS Centre, IDS, Brighton, UK.
Working paper by Cameron Hepburn, Simon Baptist on 1 Nov 2012
Many models of economic growth exclude materials, energy and other intermediate inputs from the production function. Growing environmental pressures and resource prices suggest that this may … read more »
Working paper by Sam Fankhauser, Alex Bowen, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Misato Sato, Raphael Calel, David Grover, James Rydge on 1 Nov 2012
As the world considers greener forms of economic growth, countries and sectors are beginning to position themselves for the emerging green economy. This paper combines patent … read more »
Working paper by Cameron Hepburn, Alex Bowen on 1 Nov 2012
Debate about the relationship between environmental limits and economic growth has been taking place for several decades. These arguments have re-emerged with greater intensity following advances … read more »
