Carbon markets in space and time
We analyse the design of carbon markets in time (intertemporally) and space (geographically) from first principles, starting initially with a relatively clean slate and asking what … read more »
Topic: Carbon pricing and markets
The Clean Development Mechanism: too flexible to produce sustainable development benefits?
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol has a dual objective: to encourage low-cost emission reduction and to promote sustainable development in the host … read more »
The economics of the CDM levy: Revenue potential, tax incidence and distortionary effects
A levy on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other carbon trading schemes is a potential source of finance for climate change adaptation. An adaptation levy … read more »
Preferences for change: Do individuals prefer voluntary actions, soft regulations or hard regulations to decrease fossil fuel consumption?
Attari, S., Schoen, M., Davidson, C., DeKay, M.L., Bruine de Bruin, W., Dawes, R. & Small, M. (2009). Ecological Economics, 68, 1701-1710.
Technology transfer by CDM projects: a comparison of Brazil, China, India and Mexico.
In a companion paper [Dechezleprêtre, A., Glachant, M., Ménière, Y., 2008. The Clean Development Mechanism and the international diffusion of technologies: An empirical study, Energy Policy 36, 1273–1283], we … read more »
The Clean Development Mechanism and the international diffusion of technologies: an empirical study
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is expected to stimulate the North–South transfer of climate-friendly technologies. This paper provides an assessment of the technology transfers that take place through the CDM using a data set of 644 registered projects. read more »
The carbon trading game
Fouquet, R. 2003. Climate Policy (special Emissions Trading issue), v.3, pp.143-55.
The impact of VAT introduction on residential energy demand: an investigation using the co-integration approach.
Energy Economics, v.17, pp.237-47.