Climate Policy and Nonrenewable Resources: The Green Paradox and Beyond

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-262-02788-5
Verlag: MIT PR

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: CESifo Seminar Series

A detailed and rigorous analysis of the effect of climate policies on climate change that questions the empirical and theoretical support for the “green paradox.”Recent developments suggest that well-intended climate policies—including carbon taxes and subsidies for renewable energy—might not accomplish what policy makers intend. Hans-Werner Sinn has described a “green paradox,” arguing that these policies could hasten global warming by encouraging owners of fossil fuel reserves to increase their extraction rates for fear that their reserves will become worthless. In this volume, economists investigate the empirical and theoretical support for the green paradox. Offering detailed and rigorous analyses of the forces and assumptions driving Sinn's argument, the contributors consider whether rising carbon tax rates inevitably speed up climate change; the effects of the design of resource markets, the availability of clean substitutes, and the development of new technologies; and the empirical evidence (or lack thereof) for the green paradox result. They consider extraction costs; sustainability and innovation; timing, announcement effects, and time consistency in relation to policy measures; and empirical results for the green paradox phenomena under several alternative policy measures. Contributors
Julien Daubanes, Corrado Di Maria, Carolyn Fischer, Florian Habermacher, Michael Hoel, Darko Jus, Gebhard Kirchgassner, Ian Lange, Pierre Lasserre, Volker Meier, Karen Pittel, Stephen Salant, Frank Stähler, Gerard van der Meijden, Frederick van der Ploeg, Edwin van der Werf, Ngo Van Long, Ralph A. Winter, Cees Withagen

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pittel, Karen

Ploeg, Rick van der

Withagen, Cees

Weitere Mitwirkende

Pittel, Karen

Ploeg, Rick van der

Withagen, Cees

Hoel, Michael

Daubanes, Julien

Lasserre, Pierre

Long, Ngo Van

Meijden, Gerard van der

Stähler, Frank

Winter, Ralph A

Habermacher, Florian

Kirchgässner, Gebhard

Jus, Darko

Meier, Volker

Fisher, Carolyn

Salant, Stephen

Maria, Corrado Di

Lange, Ian

Werf, Edwin van der

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Energieressourcen 
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Alternative und erneuerbare Energien
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Ploeg, Rick van der
Rick van der Ploeg is Professor of Economics and Research Director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.

Withagen, Cees
Cees Withagen is Professor of Environmental Economics at VU University, Amsterdam.

Meier, Volker
Volker Meier is a Research Associate at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and a Research Fellow at CESifo.

Pittel, Karen
Karen Pittel is Director of the Ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Exhaustible Resources and Professor of Economics at Munich University.

Withagen, Cees
Cees Withagen is Professor of Environmental Economics at VU University, Amsterdam.

Pittel, Karen
Karen Pittel is Director of the Ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Exhaustible Resources and Professor of Economics at Munich University.

Ploeg, Rick van der
Rick van der Ploeg is Professor of Economics and Research Director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford.

Karen Pittel is Director of the Ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Exhaustible Resources and Professor of Economics at Munich University. Frederick van der Ploeg is Professor of Economics and Research Director of the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford. Cees Withagen is Professor of Environmental Economics at VU University, Amsterdam.