Induced technological change and climate policy
By: prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change ; by Laurence H. Goulder
Contributors: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Series: Environment; Environment (Arlington, Va.)
Publisher: Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Coral reefs and islands; Environmental aspects; Technological innovations
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"October 2004."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-38).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Climate Change Problem; title: The importance of technological change for climate policy; title: Policies that induce technological change; title: Promoting technological change through public policy is it justified:; title: Policy issues examined here; title: ITC and the costs of emissions abatement; title: Two channels for ITC; title: Determinants of cost reductions from ITC; title: Some simulation results with ITC; title: General insights; title: ITC and the timing of emissions abatement; title: Clarifying the issues; title: Some results on ITC's implications for the timing of abatement; title: The value of prior announcements in the presence of ITC; title: Why inducing additional technological change is warranted, despite uncertainties; title: Conclusions.