Climate policy and nonrenewable resources : the green paradox and beyond / edited by Karen Pittel, Frederick van der Ploeg and Cees Withagen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pittel, Karen, 1969- editor.

Ploeg, Frederick van der, 1956- editor.

Withagen, Cees, 1950- editor.

Series:

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Nonrenewable natural resources.

Supply-side economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Too rapidly rising carbon taxes or the introduction of subsidies for renewable energies induce owners of fossil fuel reserves to increase their extraction rates for fear of their reserves becoming worthless. Fossil fuel use is thus brought forward. The resulting acceleration of global warming and counter-productivity of well-intended climate policy has been coined the Green Paradox. This volume presents a range of studies extending the basic analysis to allow for clean energy alternatives, dirty energy alternatives, and the intricate strategic issues between different countries on the globe.

Contents:

1 The Green Paradox: A Mirage? / Karen Pittel Pittel, Karen, Rick van der Ploeg Ploeg, Rick van der, Cees Withagen Withagen, Cees 1

I Extraction Costs

2 Supply-Side Climate Policy and the Green Paradox / Michael Hoel Hoel, Michael 21

3 The Green Paradox as a Supply Phenomenon / Julien Daubanes Daubanes, Julien, Pierre Lasserre Lasserre, Pierre 43

II Technology, Innovation, and Substitutability

4 The Green Paradox under Imperfect Substitutability between Clean and Dirty Fuels / Ngo Van Long Long, Ngo Van 59

5 Fossil Fuels, Backstop Technologies, and Imperfect Substitution / Gerard van der Meijden Meijden, Gerard van der 87

6 Innovation and the Green Paradox / Ralph A. Winter Winter, Ralph A. 121

7 Resource Extraction and Backstop Technologies in General Equilibrum / Ngo Van Long Long, Ngo Van, Frank Stähler Stähler, Frank 151

III Timing, Announcement Effects, and Time Consistency

8 Does a Future Rise in Carbon Taxes Harm the Climate? / Florian Habermacher Habermacher, Florian, Gebhard Kirchgässner Kirchgässner, Gebhard 173

9 The Impacts of Announcing and Delaying Green Policies / Darko Jus Jus, Darko, Volker Meier Meier, Volker 211

10 Going Full Circle: Demand-Side Constraints to the Green Paradox / Corrado Di Maria Maria, Corrado Di, Ian Lange Lange, Ian, Edwin van der Werf Werf, Edwin van der 225

IV Empirics and Quantification

11 Quantifying Intertemporal Emissions Leakage / Carolyn Fischer Fischer, Carolyn, Stephen Salant Salant, Stephen 255.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262319836

0262319837

0262027887

9780262027885

OCLC:

890414912

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