Holdings: The Cost Structure of the Clean Development Mechanism

The Cost Structure of the Clean Development Mechanism

This paper examines the cost of producing emission reduction credits under the Clean Development Mechanism. Using project-specific data, cost functions are estimated using alternative functional forms. The results show that, in general, the distrib...

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Main Authors:	Rahman, Shaikh M., Larson, Donald F., Dinar, Ariel
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABATEMENT COSTS ABATEMENT TECHNOLOGY AFFORESTATION AGGREGATE LEVEL AIR AIR POLLUTION ALTERNATIVE METHODS AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS ANIMAL WASTE ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS APPROACH ATMOSPHERE BASELINE EMISSIONS BIOGAS CALCULATION CAPITAL COST CAPITAL COST DATA CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CARBON CARBON CAP CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MARKET CEMENT CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATIC CHANGE CO2 COAL COAL MINE COST OF PRODUCTION COSTS OF ABATEMENT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISCOUNT FACTOR DRIVING ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATING ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION CAPACITY ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PRICING ELECTRICITY SALES ELECTRICITY TARIFF ELECTRICITY TARIFFS EMISSION ABATEMENT EMISSION CONTROL EMISSION PERMITS EMISSION RATES EMISSION REDUCTION EMISSION REDUCTION CREDIT EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS EMISSION TRADING EMISSIONS EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EMISSIONS REDUCTION EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION FIXED COSTS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTRY PROJECTS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUEL FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE FUEL SWITCHING GENERATING CAPACITY GENERATION CAPACITY GHG GHGS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GASES HFCS HOURS OF OPERATION INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENT DECISIONS LAND ECONOMICS LANDFILL LANDFILL GAS LEVELS OF EMISSIONS LOWER COSTS MARGINAL ABATEMENT MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST OF ABATEMENT METHANE MITIGATION POTENTIAL N2O NET COST NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NUCLEAR ENERGY PFCS PIPELINE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLLUTANTS POLLUTION LEVELS POLLUTION LOAD PORTFOLIO POWER GENERATION POWER GENERATION CAPACITY POWER SECTOR PRESENT COST PRESENT VALUE RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RENEWABLE RESOURCE RESOURCE ECONOMICS SO2 SOLAR POWER SUBSTITUTION SULFUR SULFUR EMISSIONS SUPPLY SIDE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOTAL COST TOTAL COSTS TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADABLE EMISSION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TRUE UNCERTAINTIES UNEP VARIABLE COST WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER POLLUTION WATER QUALITY WATER TREATMENT WIND WIND FARM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16952290/cost-structure-clean-development-mechanism http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19929

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16952290/cost-structure-clean-development-mechanism
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19929

The Cost Structure of the Clean Development Mechanism

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