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Inertia in Infrastructure Development : Some Analytical Aspects, and Reasons for Inefficient Infrastructure Choices

This paper uses some simple conceptual models to draw out various implications of infrastructure investments with long lifetimes for the ability of societies to reduce their future greenhouse gas emissions. A broad range of such investments, relate...

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Main Author:	Strand, Jon
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT AGGREGATE DEMAND APPROACH ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS AVAILABILITY BALANCE CALCULATION CAPITAL GAINS CARBON CARBON CAPTURE CARBON CONCENTRATIONS CARBON ECONOMY CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON TAXES CL CLIMATE CLIMATE CATASTROPHE CLIMATE CATASTROPHES CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PROGRAM CLIMATE DAMAGE CLIMATE DAMAGES CLIMATE EFFECTS CLIMATE POLICY CO2 COAL CONSTANT EMISSIONS COOLING SYSTEMS COSTS OF EMISSIONS CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS DISCOUNT FACTOR DISCOUNT RATE DISCOUNT RATES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS DOMESTIC PETROLEUM ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION LEVELS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS INTENSITIES EMISSIONS PRICES EMISSIONS TAXES ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY COSTS ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY GOODS ENERGY INPUT ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY INTENSIVE ENERGY PRICE ENERGY PRICES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY PRODUCTION FACILITIES ENERGY REQUIREMENT ENERGY SUBSIDIES ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY TECHNOLOGY ENERGY USE FEASIBILITY FOSSIL FOSSIL ENERGY FOSSIL ENERGY REQUIREMENT FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL DEMAND FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICE INCREASES FUEL PRICES GHG GLOBAL EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HIGH ENERGY HIGHWAY HIGHWAY SYSTEM INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INTEREST RATE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INVESTMENT DECISIONS LOW-CARBON MARGINAL COST MONETARY FUND MOTOR VEHICLES PETROLEUM PRICE POWER POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS PRICE CHANGE PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASE PRIVATE TRANSPORT PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION PURE ENERGY RENEWABLE SOURCES RETROFIT OPTION RETROFITTING RISK AVERSION ROAD SCENARIOS STOCHASTIC PROCESS SUBSTITUTION TRANSPORT TRANSPORT SERVICES TRUE UTILITIES UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS VALUE OF ENERGY VEHICLE VEHICLE TYPES VEHICLES
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100507102851 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3781

Inertia in Infrastructure Development : Some Analytical Aspects, and Reasons for Inefficient Infrastructure Choices

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