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Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies.

9781845426309

Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies.

Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics (1st: 2004).

Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, were greeted with acclaim.  Publishing

2006

218 pages

$95.00

Hardcover

New horizons in environmental economics series

QC981

Combining empirical and theoretical contributions, 13 papers review different aspects of the definition and design of public environmental and energy policies. The editors (all of the U. de Vigo, Spain) first present discussions of fundamentals, including the relationship between growth and markets, and basic aspects of pollution markets. The next five papers explore the European Union's Emission Trading System The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter.
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 and include a review of the system's economic performance using a computable general equilibrium Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models are a class of economic model that use actual economic data to estimate how an economy might react to changes in policy, technology or other external factors.  model of the world economy, discussion of how the differing reduction requirements may impact the climate policy and compliance cost of member states, assessment of the effects of a prospective sudden and intense CO2 reduction by the Spanish economy, and presentation of a method for the verification of firm data within the EU system. Remaining papers are devoted to specific advanced issues, including induced induced /in·duced/ (in-dldbomacst´)
1. produced artificially.

2. produced by induction.

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adj artificially caused to occur.


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induction.
 technological change and slow energy capital stock turnover in an optimal CO2 abatement A reduction, a decrease, or a diminution. The suspension or cessation, in whole or in part, of a continuing charge, such as rent.

With respect to estates, an abatement is a proportional diminution or reduction of the monetary legacies, a disposition of property by will, when
 model, indeterminancy and optimal environmental public policies in an endogenous endogenous /en·dog·e·nous/ (en-doj´e-nus) produced within or caused by factors within the organism.

en·dog·e·nous
adj.
1. Originating or produced within an organism, tissue, or cell.
 growth model, energy-saving technological process in a vintage capital model, and oil shocks and the business cycle in Europe.

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