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transport modes in Belgium. It gives estimates of the marginal external costs of air pollution from urban transport. The …
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-off between the agglomeration and dispersion forces, in the form of pollution from stationary forces, environmental policy …
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Agriculture and forestry play an important role in emitting and storing greenhouse gases. For an efficient and cost-effective climate policy it is therefore important to explicitly include land use, land use change, and forestry (LULUCF) in economy-climate models. This paper gives an overview...
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Agricultural sectors play a key role in the economics of climate change. Land as an input to agricultural production is one of the most important links between economy and the biosphere, representing a direct projection of human action on the natural environment. Agricultural management...
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All advanced industrialized societies face the problem of air pollution produced by motor vehicles. In spite of … striking improvements in internal combustion engine technology, air pollution in most urban areas is still measured at levels …
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This article presents an integrated assessment of climate change, air pollution, and energy security policy. Basis of … economies as a result of air pollution and lack of energy security. One of the main findings of our cost-benefit analysis is … security policy is integrated with optimal climate change and air pollution policy, the world’s oil reserves will not be …
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use induces a pollution which is accentuated by the soil fragility. We show, at the steady state, that the environmental … tax induces a more conservative farmer behavior for soil, but in some cases it can exacerbate pollution. These effects can …
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This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
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This paper addresses two basic issues related to technological innovation and climate stabilisation objectives: i) Can innovation policies be effective in stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations? ii) To what extent can innovation policies complement carbon pricing (taxes or permit trading) and...
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This paper analyses optimal investments in innovation when dealing with a stringent climate target and with the uncertain effectiveness of R&D. The innovation needed to achieve the deep cut in emissions is modelled by a backstop carbon-free technology whose cost depends on R&D investments. To...
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