Climate change mitigation options and directed technical change: A decentralized equilibrium analysis

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 938-962

  Grimaud, André ^a   Lafforgue, Gilles ^b   Magné, Bertrand ^c  

^a Toulouse School of Economics   (France)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; CCS; Climate change; Directed technical change; Energy; R D subsidies

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE; CARBON TAXES; CCS; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; DIRECTED TECHNICAL CHANGE; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH MODEL; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; THEORETICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; INSTRUMENTS; OPTIMIZATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION TAX; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 80052767391     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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