Knowledge diffusion, endogenous growth, and the costs of global climate policy

European Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-72

  Bretschger, Lucas ^a   Lechthaler, Filippo ^b   Rausch, Sebastian ^a   Zhang, Lin ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Endogenous growth; General equilibrium modeling; Knowledge diffusion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; KNOWLEDGE; MODELING;

CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85012188448     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.11.012     Document Type: Article

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