Dynamics of Environmental and Economic Systems (eBook)

Innovation, Environmental Policy and Competitiveness

Valeria Costantini, Massimiliano Mazzanti (Herausgeber)

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2012 | 2013
XXII, 234 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-94-007-5089-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Exploiting econometric techniques aimed at dealing with the dynamics of economic systems and the heterogeneity of agents performances, the volume integrates innovation-based reasoning with ex-post analyses, and presents ex-ante analyses able to evaluate the role of climate change policies by using computable general equilibrium models such as the Global Trade Analysis Project for Energy (GTAP-E). The authors merge and use a range of datasets, including OECD-PATSTAT and STAN, to test novel techniques informed by evolutionary economic theories and the Porter hypothesis. The immediate relevance and applicability of the models will strengthen the hand of policy analysts for whom the dynamic efficiency of environmental policy is a new, high-profile evaluation criterion.

Inhalt

IntroductionVALERIA COSTANTINI AND MASSIMILIANO MAZZANTI PART IModelling Macroeconomic Scenarios: Energy Issues, Economic Performances and Environmental Policy1         The GTAP-E: Model Description and ImprovementsALESSANDRO ANTIMIANI, VALERIA COSTANTINI, CHIARA MARTINI, ALESSANDRO PALMA AND MARIA CRISTINA TOMMASINO1.1               Introduction1.2               Bottom-Up and Top-Down Models1.3               The GTAP Model1.3.1          An Overview1.3.2          The GTAP Database1.3.3          Model Structure1.4               The GTAP-E Model1.4.1          Production Structure1.4.2          Consumption Structure1.4.3          CO2 Emissions and Related Parameters1.4.4          The GTAP-E Revised Version1.5               Model Improvements1.5.1          CO2 Emissions Data Calibration1.5.2          Updated Substitution Elasticities in the Capital-Energy Nest1.5.3          Model Setting and Baseline1.6               Conclusions and Future Research StepsReferences2         Carbon Leakage and Trade Adjustment PoliciesALESSANDRO ANTIMIANI, VALERIA COSTANTINI, CHIARA MARTINI, LUCA SALVATICI AND MARIA CRISTINA TOMMASINO2.1               Introduction2.2               Carbon Leakage as a Side Effect of Climate Policies2.2.1          A Definition of Carbon Leakage2.2.2          How to Design Carbon Border Tax Adjustments2.3               Scenario Setting2.4               Empirical Results2.5               ConclusionsReferences3         Theoretical Approaches to Dynamic Efficiency in Policy Contexts. The Case of Renewable ElectricityPABLO DEL RÌO AND MERCEDES BLEDA3.1               Introduction3.2               Theoretical Approaches to Analysis of Innovation Effects of RES-E Support3.2.1          The Traditional Economics Perspective3.2.2          The Systems of Innovation Perspective3.2.3          The Literature On Learning Effects3.3               Combining Different Perspectives: Points of Complementarity and Conflict3.4               ConclusionsReferences4         Energy Efficiency Policy in the US: The Impact of the Industrial Assessment Centres (IAC) Programme and State and Regional Climate Policy ActionsLUIS MARIA ABADIE, RAMON ARIGONI ORTIZ, IBON GALARRAGA AND ANIL MARKANDYA4.1               Introduction4.2               Determinants of Investments in Energy Efficiency4.2.1          Investment Decision: Previous Evidence4.2.2          The IAC Database 20114.2.3          The Decision Concerning Energy Efficiency Investment in the IAC Programme4.3               Impact of the IAC Programme and the US EPA State and Regional Climate Policies4.3.1          Panel Data of Emissions4.3.2          The State and Regional Climate Policy Actions4.3.3          Estimations4.4               ConclusionsReferencesAppendix5         Porter Reloaded: The Role and Effectiveness of Environmental and Social Regulations for Realizing Innovation offsets and Enhancing Firm CompetitivenessMARCUS WAGNER5.1               Introduction5.2               Development of Research Questions5.3               Data and Methods5.4               Results5.4.1          Case Based Analysis5.4.2          Survey Analysis5.5               ConclusionsReferencesPART IIEnvironmental Innovation and Competitiveness: Linking Micro, Meso and Macro Analysis in the Dynamics6         Implications of Policy Uncertainty for Innovation in Environmental Technologies. The Case of Public R&D BudgetsMARGARITA KALAMOVA, NICK JOHNSTONE AND IVAN HAŠČIČ6.1               Introduction6.2               Policy Uncertainty and Investment Irreversibility6.3               Hypothesis6.4               Data and Empirical Analysis6.5               Conclusions and Policy ImplicationsReferencesAppendix7         Eco-Activity and Innovativeness: What is Their Relation to Environmental Performance in Consumer Firms and Industrial Firms?RENE KEMP AND NICOLINE OEHME7.1               Introduction7.2               Sample7.3               Analysis of Environmental Performance and Innovativeness7.4               Analysis of Non-Environmental Social and Environmental Performance7.5               ConclusionsReferencesAppendix8         Environmental Policy and Induced Technological Change in European IndustriesFRANCESCO CRESPI8.1               Introduction8.2               Theoretical Background and Empirical Issues8.3               Data Description8.4               The Econometric Model8.5               Empirical Results8.6               ConclusionsReferences9         Closing the Gap? Dynamic Analyses of Emission Efficiency and Sector Productivity in EuropeGIOVANNI MARIN9.1               Introduction9.2               The Empirical Model9.3               Dataset Description9.4               Empirical Results9.5               ConclusionsReferencesAppendix10     Waste Technology Inventions and Policy Effects in Dynamic Settings. Evidence from OECD Patent DataFRANCESCO NICOLLI 10.1            Introduction10.2            Waste, Environmental Policies and Technological Innovation10.3            Research Hypothesis, Data and Methodology10.3.1      Patent Data10.3.2      Relevant Policies10.3.3      Other Explanatory Variables10.4            Empirical Results10.5            ConclusionsReferences11     Biopat: An Investigation Tool for Analysis of Industry Evolution, Technological Paths and Policy Impact in the Biofuels SectorVALERIA COSTANTINI, FRANCESCO CRESPI AND YLENIA CURCI11.1            Introduction11.2            The IPC System and the Green Inventory Database11.3            The Biopat Methodology11.4            Database Structure and Preliminary Descriptive Statistics11.5            ConclusionsReferencesAppendixIndex 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2012
• Zusatzinfo: XXII, 234 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• Schlagworte: Dynamic Efficiency • Environmental Innovation • Environmental Policy • International Trade • Technological Dynamics
• ISBN-10: 94-007-5089-7 / 9400750897
• ISBN-13: 978-94-007-5089-0 / 9789400750890