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Do Intensity Targets Control Uncertainty Better than Quotas? Conditions, Calibrations, and Caveats

Among policy instruments to control future greenhouse gas emissions, well-calibrated general intensity targets are known to lead to lower uncertainty on the amount of abatement than emissions quotas (Jotzo and Pezzey 2004). The authors test whether this result holds in a broader framework, and wheth...

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Main Authors: Marschinski, Robert, Lecocq, Franck
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ABATEMENT
ABATEMENT COST
ABATEMENT COSTS
ABATEMENT LEVEL
BASELINE EMISSIONS
BENCHMARK
CARBON
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE POLICIES
CLIMATE POLICY
CO2
CO2 EMISSIONS
COST FUNCTIONS
CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
EFFECTIVE EMISSIONS
ELASTICITY
EMISSION
EMISSION REDUCTIONS
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS REDUCTION
EMISSIONS RELATIVE
EXPECTED VALUE
FORECASTS
FORESTRY
FUEL
FUEL COMBUSTION
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GDP
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GASES
GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS
INDEXATION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
IPCC
KYOTO PROTOCOL
LEVEL OF EMISSIONS
LOWER EMISSIONS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7125500/intensity-targets-control-uncertainty-better-quotas-conditions-calibrations-caveats
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9016

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7125500/intensity-targets-control-uncertainty-better-quotas-conditions-calibrations-caveats
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9016

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