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on Environmental Economics |
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Issue of 2017‒06‒11
twenty-two papers chosen by Francisco S. Ramos Universidade Federal de Pernambuco |
| By: | Eva Fleiß (Institute of System Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz); Stefanie Hatzl; Stefanie (Institute of System Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz); Sebastian Seebauer (Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz); Alfred Posch; Alfred (Institute of System Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz) |
| Abstract: | We currently face the challenge of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate climate change. A transition towards renewable energy production is one proposed solution. In this regard, photovoltaic (PV) citizen participation initiatives (CPIs) are a cornerstone in fostering the diffusion of renewables and in promoting a transition towards a carbon neutral and adaptive society allowing for active citizen engagement. Based on survey data, this article investigates the drivers behind people’s decision to adopt in two selected Austrian PV-CPIs. In addition to commonly used indicators, we also include variables that allow us to assess both – people’s desires, (their ‘preferences’ with respect to energy autarky, environmental protection, financial aspects, etc.) and their beliefs in term of how likely they think their participation in a PV-CPI will help them achieve their goals. We find that joining a PV-CPI is predominantly driven by people’s financial beliefs. |
| Date: | 2016–05–14 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:grz:wpsses:2016-02&r=env |
| By: | Fankhauser, Sam (Vivid Economics); Kazaglis, Alex (Vivid Economics); Srivastav, Sugandha (Vivid Economics) |
| Abstract: | This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future. Using patent and trade data, it analyzes the potential of Asian economies to capture value from the design and export of low-carbon technologies, acknowledging that these are only two dimensions of a multidimensional low-carbon economy. It conducts country-level analysis to identify which technologies different countries can specialize in and potentially scale up. The work shows that, overall, Asia has an innovation specialization and revealed comparative advantage in climate change mitigation technologies. Particular strengths include efficient lighting, photovoltaics, and energy storage technologies. Further opportunities include nuclear and smart grids. However, within Asia, there are regional disparities, with countries such as the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea outperforming others. This paper highlights how the analytical framework it presents can be used to strategically inform environmental policy makers and concludes with an overview of the green growth policy tool kit. |
| Keywords: | climate change; economic growth; energy; environment; urban development |
| JEL: | Q42 Q43 Q54 Q56 |
| Date: | 2017–01–27 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:adbewp:0508&r=env |
| By: | ITF |
| Abstract: | This report examines air pollution mitigation strategies in Mexico City. It identifies a series of measures that can strengthen current approaches to air pollution mitigation adopted in Mexico's capital as well as nationally. Recommendation include actions in policy areas such as emissions standards and testing, incentives for cleaner vehicles, fuel quality, inspection and maintenance, restrictions on vehicle use, parking regulation and speed limits, air quality plans, enhancement and promotion of sustainable transport modes as well as improving enforcement and public communication. The publication assembles the findings of a workshop organised by the ITF and the Development Bank for Latin America (CAF) together with the Ministry of Environment of Mexico City (SEDEMA) in January 2017. This report is part of the International Transport Forum’s Case-Specific Policy Analysis series. These are topical studies on specific issues carried out by the ITF in agreement with local institutions. |
| Date: | 2017–06–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:itfaac:30-en&r=env |
| By: | Zhang Jingchao (School of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology); Koji Kotani (School of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology); Tatsuyoshi Saijo (School of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology) |
| Abstract: | Household low-quality coal consumption is a main contributor to air pollution in China. In response, governmental subsidies on high-quality coal and promotion of new-type coal stoves have been implemented. However, to date, little is known about the effectiveness of these policies and determinants of consumption behavior between low-quality and high-quality coals. To fulfill this paucity, we conducted face-to-face surveys with 602 households in rural Beijing and collected the information of coal consumption, socioeconomic, cognitive and psychological factors. With the data, we empirically characterize the determinants of coal consumption and its switching behavior between high-quality and low-quality coals by bivariate probit and Tobit regressions, yielding the following principal results: (1) prosocial people are more likely to consume high-quality coal, and critical thinking disposition positively affects the probability to choose high-quality coal; (2) local environmental concern plays an important role in consumption behavior, but global environmental concern does not; (3) government policies appear to be efficient in that subsidies on high-quality coal reduce the likelihood of choosing low-quality coal and the promotion of new-type coal stoves facilitates the transition from low-quality to high-quality coal. Overall, the results suggest that cognitive, psychological factors and promotion policies can be considered significant in coal consumption behavior. Public education on critical thinking, local environment and prosociality as well as new-type coal stoves should be further promoted to accelerate the transition from low-quality to high-quality coal. |
| Keywords: | coal, air pollution, China |
| Date: | 2017–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:kch:wpaper:sdes-2017-6&r=env |
| By: | Chia-Lin Chang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan); Michael McAleer (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; University of Sydney Business School; Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain and Yokohama National University, Japan.); Guangdong Zuo (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) |
| Abstract: | Recent research shows that efforts to limit climate change should focus on reducing emissions of carbon dioxide over other greenhouse gases or air pollutants. Many countries are paying substantial attention to carbon emissions to improve air quality and public health. The largest source of carbon emissions from human activities in some countries in Europe and elsewhere is from burning fossil fuels for electricity, heat, and transportation. The price of fuel influences carbon emissions, but the price of carbon emissions can also influence the price of fuel. Owing to the importance of carbon emissions and their connection to fossil fuels, and the possibility of Granger (1980) causality in spot and futures prices, returns and volatility of carbon emissions, it is not surprising that crude oil and coal have recently become a very important research topic. For the USA, daily spot and futures prices are available for crude oil and coal, but there are no daily spot or futures prices for carbon emissions. For the EU, there are no daily spot prices for coal or carbon emissions, but there are daily futures prices for crude oil, coal and carbon emissions. For this reason, daily prices will be used to analyse Granger causality and volatility spillovers in spot and futures prices of carbon emissions, crude oil, and coal. A likelihood ratio test is developed to test the multivariate conditional volatility Diagonal BEKK model, which has valid regularity conditions and asymptotic properties, against the alternative Full BEKK model, which has valid regularity conditions and asymptotic properties under the null hypothesis of zero off-diagonal elements. Dynamic hedging strategies using optimal hedge ratios will be suggested to analyse market fluctuations in the spot and futures returns and volatility of carbon emissions, crude oil and coal prices. |
| Keywords: | Carbon emissions; Fossil fuels; Crude oil; Coal; Low carbon targets; Green energy; Spot and futures prices; Granger causality and volatility spillovers; Likelihood ration test; Diagonal BEKK; Full BEKK; Dynamic hedging |
| JEL: | C58 L71 O13 P28 Q42 |
| Date: | 2017–05–31 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tin:wpaper:20170051&r=env |
| By: | Richard S.J. Tol (Department of Economics, University of Sussex; Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Institute for Environmental Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam; CESifo, Munich) |
| Abstract: | The private benefit of carbon is the value, at the margin, of the energy services provided by the use of fossil fuels. It is the weighted average of the price of energy times the carbon dioxide emission coefficient, with energy used as weights. The private benefits is here estimated, for the first time, at $411/tCO2. The private benefit is lowest for coal use in industry and highest for residential electricity; it is lowest in Kazakhstan and highest in Norway. The private benefit of carbon is much higher than the social cost of carbon. |
| Keywords: | private benefit of carbon; social cost of carbon; climate policy |
| JEL: | Q54 |
| Date: | 2017–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sus:susewp:0717&r=env |
| By: | Ralf Martin |
| Abstract: | The Great Recession and a sluggish economic recovery were instrumental in meeting the legally binding climate change targets that the UK has set for itself. But without more drastic policy interventions, it is unlikely that future targets will be met - unless the more extreme forecasts for the impact of Brexit on economic activity are realised. What's more, most Brexit scenarios would see the UK leaving the European Union's emissions trading system (EU ETS), which is a key instrument of climate policy all over Europe, including the UK. And deeper, not less, integration with European energy markets is going to be an important route to keeping power prices lower. These are among the conclusions of a new report from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) - the latest in a series of background briefings on key policy issues and manifesto promises in the June 2017 UK general election. |
| Keywords: | Brexit, climate change, UK government policy, European Union Emissions Trading System, EU ETS, UK 2017 General Election |
| Date: | 2017–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cep:cepeap:043&r=env |
| By: | Kathryn McPhail |
| Abstract: | This paper outlines how sustainable development in resource-rich countries requires an ‘all of government’ approach as well as multi-stakeholder dialogue and partnerships between government, companies, and civil society organizations. Effective management and regulation requires many different line agencies of government to work together and in partnership with corporate and other stakeholders to achieve sustainable development. The paper focuses on the need for an agreed set of data and analysis showing the current and potential future contributions of the natural resources sector at the national and local levels. It addresses a regrettable truth that, in some countries, there is a lack of trust between different stakeholder interests, and probes how collaboration between these stakeholders can mitigate the negative impacts of resource development and enhance its potential positive contributions, particularly at the local level and where the governance context is weak. The paper identifies three important steps toward sustainable development: creating an evidence base to facilitate cross-government coordination; building trust through multi-stakeholder dialogue; and building Partnerships for Development. |
| Date: | 2017 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:unu:wpaper:wp2017-120&r=env |
| By: | Chort, Isabelle; de la Rupelle, Maëlys |
| Abstract: | This paper uses state-level migration ow data between Mexico and the U.S. from 1999 to 2011 to investigate the migration response to climate shocks and the mitigating impact of an agricultural cash-transfer program (PROCAMPO) and a disaster fund (Fonden). Our results suggest that lower than average precipitations increase undocumented migration, especially from the most agricultural states. Fonden amounts are found to mitigate the effect of climate shocks on migration by lowering the undocumented migration response to precipitation anomalies. Similarly an increase in the state-level share of PROCAMPO funds to non-irrigated plots in the ejido sector decreases migration after a shock. |
| Keywords: | International migration,Climate change,Public policies,Weather variability,Natural disasters,Mexico-U.S. migration |
| JEL: | F22 Q54 Q18 J61 |
| Date: | 2017 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:glodps:78&r=env |
| By: | Asuncion, Ruben Carlo (Union Bank of the Philippines); Lee, Minsoo (Asian Development Bank) |
| Abstract: | Global sea level rise (SLR) variations have undeniably begun to make an impact on highly vulnerable economies. These impacts of SLR are a key component of the projected economic damage of climate change, an important input to climate change policies and adaptive measures. This paper considers SLR projections and its impact on the economy and includes a consolidation of various related studies. Estimated global gross domestic product (GDP) loss by 2100 ranges from 0.3% to as high as of 9.3% (Hinkel et al. 2014; Pycroft, Abrell, and Ciscar 2015). Climate change impact should be addressed at the global level through a locally focused effort where education and acceptance by all stakeholders are crucial and warranted. Further, this paper tackles several adaptive strategies as a response to SLR which include retreat, accommodation, and protection. The retreat strategy simulates that SLR causes the loss of inundated land and incurs planned relocation (migration) costs above a certain sea level. The accommodation strategy allows usage of vulnerable areas or land and limits damage by flood-proofing or raising structures. Finally, the protection strategy projects that land will be protected from SLR damage by sea walls or other barriers of a certain height. On the other hand, Diaz (2016) estimates a median adaptation cost from migration at 16% of GDP under the least-cost strategy by 2050. In general, the education of and the acceptance by the concerned local community will be crucial in the successful implementation of SLR adaptation strategies, notwithstanding parallel mitigation efforts on a global scale. |
| Keywords: | climate change; economic growth; sea level rise |
| JEL: | Q50 Q54 |
| Date: | 2017–01–19 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:adbewp:0507&r=env |
| By: | Bachev, Hrabrin; Ito, Fusao |
| Abstract: | On March 11, 2011 the strongest ever recorded in Japan earthquake occurred, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, which triggered a powerful tsunami and caused a nuclear accident in one of the world biggest nuclear power stations - Fukushima Daichi. More than six years after the triple disaster the overall impacts on Japanese agri-food chains is far from being completely due to the scale of the disasters and the number of affected agents, the effects’ multiplicities, spillovers, and long time horizon, the constant evolution of the nuclear crisis, the lack of “full” information and models of analysis, etc. This paper presents updates on the impacts of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan on country’s agriculture and food sector. First, disaster events and their effects is outlined. Second, impact on farms and agricultural resources is estimated. Third, impact on food industries is assessed. Next, extend of radioactive contamination of agri-food products is presented and effects on markets, consumers and international trade evaluated. Chapter summarises responses of different agents, assesses progress and challenges in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, and withdraw lessons from the Japanese experiences. |
| Keywords: | March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, socio-economic, environmental, agricultural impacts, Japan |
| JEL: | D0 I0 Q0 Q4 Q5 Q51 Q52 Q53 Q54 Q57 Q58 R0 Y4 |
| Date: | 2017–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:79469&r=env |
| By: | Ashenfelter, Orley (Princeton University) |
| Abstract: | This paper shows how the hedonic approach to vineyard site selection can be used in the adaptation of vineyard land to climate change, natural disasters or other exogenous events. The basic idea is that, if the relation between weather and grape quality is known for each grape type in existing growing areas, then it is possible to predict the quality of grapes that would be produced in other locations, or in the same location with a changed climate. This permits the optimization of grape type selection for a location and also provides an indication of the value that a particular planting should produce. The relation of grape quality to the weather is provided for several well-known viticultural areas, including Burgundy, Bordeaux, Rioja, and the Piedmont. An application of the method to a new vineyard area in the Czech Republic following the demise of Communism is used to demonstrate the method. |
| Keywords: | vineyard site, hedonic method, grape growing, climate change |
| JEL: | O21 Q16 Q18 |
| Date: | 2017–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10777&r=env |
| By: | Sauthoff, Saramena; Danne, Michael; Mußhoff, Oliver |
| Abstract: | In order to achieve an environmentally friendly and sustainable energy supply, it is necessary that this goal is supported by society. In different countries worldwide it has been shown that one way consumers want to support the energy transition is by purchasing green electricity. However, few people make the leap from their intention to a buying decision. This study explores parameters that influence whether German consumers decide to switch to a green electricity tariff. We conducted a quota-representative online survey including a discrete choice experiment with 371 private households in Germany in 2016. For the econometric analysis, a generalized multinomial logit model in willingness to pay (WTP) space was employed, enabling the estimation of WTP values to be as realistic as possible. The results show that consumers' decision regarding whether or not to make the switch to green energy is influenced by many underlying drivers, such as the source of green energy, whether a person can outsource the switching process, and a person's attitude towards the renewable energy sources levy that currently exists in Germany. Implications for policy makers and recommendations for the marketing of green energy tariffs are provided. |
| Keywords: | energy transition,green energy,tariff switch,discrete choice experiment,generalised multinomial logit model,WTP space |
| Date: | 2017 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:daredp:1707&r=env |
| By: | Shim, Changsub |
| Abstract: | The majority of the measurements sites over Republic of Korea place PM2.5 concentrations above the national air quality standard of 25 microgram/m3/year, posing great concerns for the national environment and public health. This particulate matter (PM) pollution is often associated with transboundary transport of air pollutants throughout East Asian countries. This paper reviews and discusses the Korean government’s policies for mitigating PM pollution, and in particular, recent policies to control PM2.5, including a system introduced by the Korean Ministry of Environment (KMOE). In addition, I analyze the system and performance of cooperative programs for improving East Asian air quality, considering current approaches by the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET), the Joint Research Project on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollutants in North-East Asia (LTP), the North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC), and Tripartite Environment Minister Meeting (TEMM) as the basis for a comparative study, focusing on international coordination, communication, scientific activities, and institutional structure. Based on this analysis, I have generated some recommendations for improving international dialogue on air quality over East Asia. |
| Keywords: | Air pollution policy,East Asia,International cooperation,Korea,Particulate matter |
| Date: | 2017–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jic:wpaper:150&r=env |
| By: | Gollier, Christian |
| Abstract: | Natural capital is complex to price notably because of the high uncertainties surrounding the substitutability of its future ecosystem services. We examine a two-tree Lucas economy where both the economic growth and the degree of substitutability are uncertain. We show that the uncertain substitutability raises the expected value of the service and the rate at which it should be discounted. The value effect dominates the discounting effect, so the economic value of natural capital is increased. When the prior beliefs about substitutability are Gaussian, the economic value of future ecosystem services goes to infinity for finite maturities. |
| Keywords: | Asset pricing, CCAPM beta, discounting, bioeconomics. |
| JEL: | G12 Q01 |
| Date: | 2017–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ide:wpaper:31744&r=env |
| By: | Oana Chindris Vasioiu (Ecological University of Bucharest); Madalina Cristina Tocan (Ecological University of Bucharest) |
| Abstract: | Sustainable development is a relatively new concept applied to economic growth, in order to take into account, primarily, ecological aspects at the level of the Planet. This new concept was imposed because the conventional economy progress cannot ensure the needs of millions of people and undermining the possibility of future generations and ensure. Vision on sustainable development strategies starts from the understanding that a country’s economy is more than the sum of components, that changes into a subsystem or another is liable to changes, overview by virtue of interdependence existing between its dynamic components. We need to market values, to serve the interests of the people, finding that paths that contribute to sustainable development. A sustainable economy will reconsider the important activities, which should be supported at the level of markets, those profitable both for employees and for the economy. |
| Keywords: | sustainable development, economic growth, globalization, economic strategy |
| JEL: | O44 Q01 |
| Date: | 2017–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:wpaper:5&r=env |
| By: | Tomas Balezentis (Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics, Lithuania Author-Name: Kristiaan Kerstens; CNRS-LEM 9221 and IESEG School of Management); Zhiyang Shen (IESEG School of Management (LEM 9221-CNRS)) |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we propose a novel environmental Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen (LHM) Total Factor Productivity indicator and its decomposition that incorporates a negative externality into the measurement of economic performance. Special cases of a generalized environmental directional distance function are involved in the definition of this LHM indicator and the proposed decomposition. We suggest applying the weak disposability non-parametric environmental technology to implement the proposed decomposition. This LHM indicator decomposes into the three terms representing technical change, technical inefficiency change, and scale inefficiency change. The changes in the environmental TFP for OECD countries are then estimated by applying the data set covering the years from 1990 to 2014. We then show the differences of the proposed framework for the decomposition of the LHM indicator if opposed to some existing ones. The results suggest the proposed approach diverges from the traditional strong disposability non-parametric approach in terms of the cumulative environmental TFP. |
| Keywords: | Total Factor Productivity; Environmental TFP; Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen indicator; Weak disposability |
| Date: | 2017–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ies:wpaper:e201702&r=env |
| By: | Warwick J. McKibbin; Adele C. Morris; Peter J. Wilcoxen; Weifeng Liu |
| Abstract: | This paper examines carbon tax design options in the United States using an intertemporal computable general equilibrium model of the world economy called G-Cubed. Four policy scenarios explore two overarching issues: (1) the effects of a carbon tax under alternative assumptions about the use of the resulting revenue, and (2) the effects of a system of import charges on carbon-intensive goods (“border carbon adjustments”). |
| Date: | 2017–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:een:camaaa:2017-39&r=env |
| By: | Carmen Beatrice Pauna (Institute for Economic Forecasting-NIER, Romanian Academy); Mihaela Simionescu (Institute for Economic Forecasting-NIER, Romanian Academy); Tiberiu Diaconescu (Institute for Economic Forecasting-NIER, Romanian Academy); Raluca I. Iorgulescu (Institute for Economic Forecasting-NIER, Romanian Academy) |
| Abstract: | In a world shaken by unsustainability conundrums, a bio-based economy (bioeconomy) seems like the solution. This paper introduces two ways to define a sustainable bioeconomy, one advanced by Nicholas Georgescu Roegen in the 1970s and another implemented by the European Union in recent years. Also, an overview of Romania’s potential to develop a bio-based economy is drawn. Its renewable energy profile is presented, followed by a discussion of the bio-based industrial sectors with potential for development. |
| Keywords: | bio-based economy, bioeconomy, Romania |
| JEL: | Q42 Q56 Q57 |
| Date: | 2017–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:wpaper:12&r=env |
| By: | Subhani Keerthiratne (Department of Economics, University of Sussex; Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka) |
| Abstract: | We explore the relationship between natural disasters and income inequality in Sri Lanka as the first study of this nature for the country. The analysis uses a unique panel data set constructed for the purpose of this paper. It contains district inequality measures based on household income reported in six waves of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey of Sri Lanka during the period between 1990 and 2013, data on disaster affected population and other economic and social indicators. Employing a panel fixed effects estimator, we find that contemporaneous natural disasters and their immediate lags significantly and substantially decrease inequality in per adult equivalent household income as measured by the Theil index. Findings are robust across various inequality metrics, sub-samples and alternative estimators such as Ordinary Least Squares and System GMM. However, natural disasters do not affect household expenditure inequality. Either households behave as if they have a permanent income or all households reduce their expenditure proportionately irrespective of their income level in responding to natural disasters. Natural disasters decrease non-seasonal agricultural and non-agricultural income inequality but increase seasonal agricultural income inequality. Income of richer households is mainly derived from non-agricultural sources such as manufacturing and business activities and non-seasonal agricultural activities. Poorer households have a higher share of agricultural income. |
| Keywords: | Natural disasters, economic impact, income inequality |
| JEL: | Q54 O11 O15 |
| Date: | 2017–05 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sus:susewp:0817&r=env |
| By: | Diederich, Johannes; Goeschl, Timo |
| Abstract: | In a climate system that is indifferent about where mitigation is carried out, the logic of comparative advantages favors abatement locations in developing and rapidly industrializing countries. There is evidence, however, that citizens of industrialized countries who voluntarily fund climate mitigation activities are not indifferent about the mitigation location. In our artifactual online experiment, subjects located in a European Union member state took a dichotomous choice between a cash prize and the verified mitigation of one metric ton of CO2. The treatment condition varied the location of the mitigation activity between the European Union and developing countries. We test whether the location impacts on the probability that the mitigation activity is chosen, harnessing between- and within-subject Variation in our panel data. Our evidence shows that subjects responded to the location being made salient, but, contrary to previous concerns, were indifferent between mitigation sites in the EU or developing countries. |
| Date: | 2017–06–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:awi:wpaper:0634&r=env |
| By: | (Sans nom) |
| Abstract: | Les entreprises touchées par le marché du carbone québécois sont-elles favorables à celui-ci ? Quelles sont leurs préoccupations ? Quelles préférences ont-elles quant à l’utilisation des revenus du Fonds vert ? Voilà le type de questions auxquelles répond une enquête dont les résultats sont publiés aujourd’hui dans un rapport Bourgogne CIRANO-IEDDEC, Enquête sur les entreprises touchées par le Système de plafonnement et d’échange de droits d’émission de gaz à effet de serre du Québec, rédigé par Erick Lachapelle, Jacques Papy, Pierre-Olivier Pineau et Hélène Trudeau. Comprendre ce portrait est d’autant plus important aujourd’hui que la Californie a proposé une refonte majeure pour son marché, après 2020, qui pourrait venir ébranler le marché québécois et compliquer l’atteinte des cibles de réductions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) du Québec. |
| Date: | 2017–06–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cir:cirbur:2017rb-01&r=env |