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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: How to Build the Necessary Global Action in a Cost-Effective Manner
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Dellink, Rob; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
This paper examines the cost of a range of national, regional and global mitigation policies and the corresponding incentives for countries to participate in ambitious international mitigation actions. The paper illustrates the scope for available instruments to strengthen these incentives and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962263
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The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation: Policies and Options for the Future
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
Considering the costs and risks of inaction, ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is economically rational. However, success in abating world emissions will ultimately require a least-cost set of policy instruments that is applied as widely as possible across all emission sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045655
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A Multi-Gas Assessment of the Kyoto Protocol
Burniaux, Jean-Marc - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
The Kyoto Protocol covers emissions of a range of greenhouse gases. Yet, most attempts to quantify the economic impact of implementing the Protocol’s emission targets for the period 2008-12 have focused exclusively on CO2 emissions. This paper extends previous OECD analysis confined to CO2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045857
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The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the WITCH Model
Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Duval, Romain; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
This paper uses the WITCH model, a computable general equilibrium model with endogenous technological change, to explore the impact of various climate policies on energy technology choices and the costs of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations. Current and future expected carbon prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045876
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Carbon Emission Leakages: A General Equilibrium View
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Martins, Joaquim Oliveira - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000
In December 1997, a number of countries - referred to as the Annex 1 countries - signed the Kyoto Protocol under which they agreed to ceilings on their emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Such unilateral action by a group of countries has often been criticised on the grounds that it could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046032
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An Overview of the OECD ENV-Linkages Model
Burniaux, Jean-Marc; Château, Jean - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2008
This Working Paper presents a summary description of the OECD ENV-Linkages General Equilibrium model. This model has been developed by the Environment Directorate of the OECD Secretariat in order to assess the economic impact of abating Greenhouse Gases using several different economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046093
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Russia's Gas Sector: The Endless Wait for Reform?
Ahrend, Rudiger; Tompson, William - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
The gas industry is perhaps Russia’s least reformed major sector. Prices are regulated, exports are monopolised and the domestic market is dominated by a state-controlled, vertically integrated monopolist, OAO Gazprom. Gazprom combines commercial and regulatory functions, and maintains tight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046214
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Estonia: Making the Most of Globalisation
Price, Robert W.R.; Wörgötter, Andreas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Estonia has already experienced many benefits of increasing international integration, most obviously in significant convergence. From the Russian crisis in 1998 to the great recession in 2009 Estonia gained an impressive 20% in GDP per capita relative to the EU27 average in PPPs. Like the other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009146865
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Russia: Progress in Structural Reform and Framework Conditions
Vaziakova, Yana; Barnard, Geoff; Lysenko, Tatiana - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
In the 16 years since the OECD began conducting Economic Surveys of the Russian Federation, a great many policy recommendations relating to structural reform and framework conditions have been made. This paper, expanding on Annex 1.A1 in the 2011 OECD Economic Survey of the Russian Federation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009394360
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Knowledge-Based Capital, Innovation and Resource Allocation: A Going for Growth Report
Andrews, Dan; Criscuolo, Chiara - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
, innovative property and economic competencies – has been rising significantly. This has implications for innovation and … role for innovation policies to raise private investment in KBC towards socially optimal levels. Indeed, R&D tax incentives … between the incentives to innovate and the broad diffusion of knowledge.<P>Actifs intellectuels, innovation et mobilité des …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276729