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Breen, James P.. |
Research into Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from Irish agriculture has focused on two main themes (i) projecting future emission levels and (ii) devising abatement strategies at the farm level such as changes in animal diet, better waste management and or changes in farm management practices. These abatement strategies will have costs associated with them some of which, such as capital investment or reducing livestock numbers, may be substantial. However economic theory indicates that market based solutions such as tradable emissions permits (TEP’s) are the least cost means of achieving desired reductions in emissions. To date within Europe a regulatory approach has been favoured when trying to curtail emissions from agriculture, the Nitrates Directive... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Farm level modelling; Greenhouse gas emissions; Tradable emissions permits; Q12; Q52. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36770 |
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Parry, Ian W.H.. |
Previous studies suggest that emissions taxes are more efficient at stimulating the development of improved pollution abatement technologies than other policy instruments, such as (non-auctioned) tradable emissions permits. We present results from a competitive model that cast some doubt on the empirical importance of this assertion. For example, we find that efficiency in the market for "environmental R&D" under tradable permits is typically less than 6 percent lower than that under an emissions tax for innovations that reduce pollution abatement costs by 10 percent or less. However the discrepancy is more significant in the case of more major innovations. We also find that the presence of R&D spillovers per se does not necessarily imply large... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Emissions tax; Tradable emissions permits; Performance standard; R&D; Efficiency effects; Patents; Environmental Economics and Policy; Q28; O38. |
Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10653 |
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