This paper reviews recent strands of work arguing that high quality energy inputs and their efficient conversion to useful work have been key drivers of economic growth. This is important for understanding how a low carbon transition could be achieved and resulting implications for economic growth. An increase in energy input costs, due to declining […]
This paper analyses the relative influence of domestic and foreign demand-pull policies in wind power across OECD countries on the rate of innovation in this technology. We use annual … read more »
Europe has a golden opportunity to re-ignite growth by investing in the transition to a low-carbon economy. With interest rates at low levels, relatively high unemployment and liquidity in the private sector, governments can unleash economic activity through sound and credible policies that encourage investment in its energy infrastructure. read more »
O’Neill, D.W. (2012). Ecological Economics 84, 221-231. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.05.020
Chapter 12 in The Green Book. Summer 2013 – Link to publisher
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This empirical paper focuses on the relationship between changes in GDP and CO2 emissions as a country’s economy moves through periods of growth and decline. Using … read more »
Hippe, R. 2013. Historical Social Research, v. 38, pp. 324-348.
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is now an urgent priority. Systems control theory, and in particular feedback control, can be helpful in designing policies that achieve sustainable levels of emissions … read more »
Dimitri Zenghelis argues that innovation can tackle the looming resource crunch – it just needs intelligent policies if it is to be unlocked read more »
