On backstops and boomerangs: Environmental R&D under technological uncertainty

Energy Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 800-809

  Goeschl, Timo ^a   Perino, Grischa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backstop technology; Climate change; Multi stage optimal control; Technological change; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BACKSTOP TECHNOLOGY; D-POLICY; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; MULTI-STAGE; MULTI-STAGE OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMAL POLICIES; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; TRIGGER CONDITIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROBABILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650738943     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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