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A Kantian approach to sustainable development indicators for climate change
(Discussion papers;718, Working paper, 2012-11)Agenda 21 required countries to develop and regularly update a national set of indicators for sustainable development. Several countries now have such sets also including separate indicators for climate change. Some of ... -
Alternative designs for tariffs on embodied carbon. A global cost-effectiveness analysis
(Discussion Papers;682, Working paper, 2012)In the absence of effective world-wide cooperation to curb global warming, import tariffs on embodied carbon have been proposed as a potential supplement to unilateral emissions pricing. We systematically consider alternative ... -
Are tax exemptions for electric cars an efficient climate policy measure?
(Discussion papers;743, Working paper, 2013-05)This study finds that the welfare gain, excluding environmental effects, generated by increasing the Norwegian tax rate on purchase of electric cars from 8 to 37 percent amounts to approximately 5500-6500 NOK (or 680-820 ... -
Biofuel mandate versus favourable taxation of electric cars. The case of Norway
(Discussion papers;745, Working paper, 2013-06)This study investigates whether biofuel policies or favourable taxation of electric cars should be employed to satisfy a green house gas emission target connected to private transport within the Norwegian economy. The study ... -
Carbon capture and storage technologies in the European power market
(Discussion Papers;603, Working paper, 2009)We examine the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies in the European electricity markets, assessing whether CCS technologies will reduce carbon emissions substantially in the absence of investment ... -
Carbon leakage from the clean development mechanism
(Discussion Papers;591, Working paper, 2009)The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is an offset mechanism designed to reduce the overall cost of implementing a given target for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in industrialized Annex B countries of the Kyoto Protocol, ... -
Climate policies in a fossil fuel producing country. Demand versus supply side policies
(Discussion papers;747, Working paper, 2013-06)In absence of joint global action, many jurisdictions take unilateral steps to reduce carbon emissions, and the usual strategy is to restrict domestic demand for fossil fuels. The impact on global emissions of such demand ... -
CO2-emissions from Norwegian oil and gas extraction
(Discussion papers;806, Working paper, 2015-04)Emissions from oil and gas extraction matter for the lifecycle emissions of fossil fuels, and account for significant shares of domestic emissions in many fossil fuel exporting countries. In this study we investigate ... -
Cutting costs of catching carbon : intertemporal effects under imperfect climate policy
(Discussion Papers; 639, Working paper, 2010)We use a two-period model to investigate intertemporal effects of cost reductions in climate change mitigation technologies for the power sector. With imperfect climate policies, cost reductions related to carbon capture ... -
Does a renewable fuel standard for biofuels reduce climate costs?
(Discussion papers;720, Working paper, 2012-12)Recent contributions have questioned whether biofuels policies actually lead to emissions reductions, and thus lower climate costs. In this paper we make two contributions to the literature. First, we study the market ... -
Does the clean development mechanism have a viable future?
(Discussion Papers;577, Working paper, 2009)The developed countries can meet part of their Kyoto commitments by investing in emission-reducing projects in developing countries (the Clean Development Mechanism, CDM). Since the developing countries have so far not ... -
Ecology and economy in the Arctic : uncertainty, knowledge and precaution
(Discussion Papers;No. 525, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Climate change impacts in the Arctic require that complex relationships between the economy, the environment, and the living conditions of indigenous and local people be taken into account. While traditional ... -
The effects of transport regulation on the oil market : does market power matter?
(Discussion papers;No. 629, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: Popular instruments to regulate consumption of oil in the transport sector include fuel taxes, biofuel requirements, and fuel efficiency. Their impacts on oil consumption and price vary. One important factor is ... -
Emissions leakage and subsidies for pollution abatement. Pay the polluter or the supplier of the remedy?
(Discussion papers;708, Working paper, 2012-10)Asymmetric regulation of a global pollutant between countries can alter the competitiveness of industries and lead to emissions leakage. For most types of pollution, abatement technologies are available for firms to produce ... -
Emissions trading with offset markets and free quota allocations
(Discussion papers;719, Working paper, 2012-12)We study interactions between a “policy bloc’s” emissions quota market and an offset market where emissions offsets can be purchased from a non-policy “fringe” of countries (such as for the CDM under the Kyoto Protocol). ... -
Faustmann and the Climate
(Discussion papers;701, Working paper, 2012-08)This paper presents an adjusted Faustmann Rule for optimal harvest of a forest in the presence of a social cost of carbon emissions. A contribution of the paper is to do this within theoretical and numerical frameworks ... -
Implementing the EU renewable target through green certificate markets
(Discussion papers;No. 630, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: The EU Parliament has agreed on a target of a 20 % share of renewables in the EU’s total energy consumption by 2020. To achieve the target, the Council has adopted mandatory differentiated national targets for ... -
Incentives for merger in a noncompetitive permit market
(Discussion Papers;No. 568, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: A group of small competitive permits traders facing an imperfectly competitive permit market may consider cooperation (merger) to act strategically in the permit market. It is a well-known result in the literature ... -
International emissions trading in a non-cooperative equilibrium
(Discussion Papers;No. 542, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Linkage of different countries’ domestic permit markets for pollution rights into a single international market alters governments’ incentives, and may trigger adjustments of the number of allocated permits. ... -
International emissions trading with endogenous taxes
(Discussion Papers;No. 626, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: Motivated by the climate problem, this paper examines some effects of international cap & trade when national quotas result from strategic choice. In contrast to the fairly optimistic tone of closely related ...