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Access to Modern Energy: a Review of Impact Evaluations

Bonan, Jacopo; Pareglio, Stefano; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014

Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as fundamental challenge for development and is likely to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite a strong praise for action and several...

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Deviations in Kilometres Travelled: The Impact of Different Mobility Futures on Energy Use and Climate

Longden, Thomas - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

The importance of a focus on mobility and the kilometres travelled using light duty vehicles is reflected in the persistence of strong demand for personal mobility and emissions that tend to be linked with population and economic growth. Simulation results using the WITCH model show that changes...

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Light Duty Vehicle Transportation and Global Climate Policy: The Importance of Electric Drive Vehicles

Bosetti, Valentina; Longden, Thomas - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

between innovation in the transportation sector and the energy sector. By modelling the demand for LDVs, the use of fuels, and …

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Light Duty Vehicle Transportation and Global Climate Policy: The Importance of Electric Drive Vehicles

Bosetti, Valentina; Longden, Thomas - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

between innovation in the transportation sector and the energy sector. By modelling the demand for LDVs, the use of fuels, and …

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Solar Grid Parity Dynamics in Italy: A Real Option Approach

Biondi, Tommaso; Moretto, Michele - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

Over the past three years Italy has witnessed a rapid growth in the photovoltaic energy market, followed by an equally sudden decline when the government decided to reduce the incentives. This sharp change in the trend of the market calls into question the achievement of Grid Parity and the...

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The Effect of Within-Sector, Upstream and Downstream Energy Taxes on Innovation and Productivity

Franco, Chiara; Marin, Giovanni - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

The aim of the paper is to investigate the effect of environmental stringency on innovation and productivity using a … innovation can be one of the channels through which higher sectoral productivity can be reached. The main findings suggest that … downstream stringency is the most relevant driver for innovation and that most of the effect of regulation on productivity is …

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Migration, Cultural Diversity and Innovation: A European Perspective

Bosetti, Valentina; Cattaneo, Cristina; Verdolini, Elena - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

This paper analyses the effect of skilled migration on two measures of innovation, patenting and citations of … diversity consistently increases the innovation performance of European Countries. …

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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change: Evidence from the Auto Industry

Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hemous, David; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

innovation distinguishing between “dirty” (internal combustion engine) and “clean” (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …

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Human Capital, Innovation, and Climate Policy: An Integrated Assessment

Carraro, Carlo; Cian, Enrica De; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012

This paper looks at the interplay between human capital and innovation in the presence of climate and educational … moderate, short-term consumption loss. Human capital is complement to all forms of innovation and an educational policy … stimulates both energy and general purpose innovation. This result has important policy implications considering the growing …

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Innovation Complementarity and Environmental Productivity Effects: Reality or Delusion? Evidence from the EU

Gilli, Marianna; Mancinelli, Susanna; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013

Innovation is a key element behind the achievement of desired environmental and economic performances. Regarding CO2 … complementarity, namely integration, between the adoption of environmental innovation measures and other technological and … productivity. We merge new EU CIS and WIOD meso level data to assess the innovation effects on sector CO2 performances at a wide EU …

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