Technology spillovers embodied in international trade: Intertemporal, regional and sectoral effects in a global CGE framework

Energy Economics

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-89

  Parrado, Ramiro ^a,b,c   De Cian, Enrica ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Computable general equilibrium models; Economic growth; Technological spillovers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; INDIRECT EFFECTS; POLICY SCENARIO; SPATIAL DIMENSION; TECHNOLOGICAL SPILLOVERS; TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS; TRANSMISSION MECHANISMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MACHINERY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84888113156     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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