The Dynamics of Environmental and Economic Systems: Innovation, Environmental Policy and Competitiveness

✍ Scribed by Alessandro Antimiani, Valeria Costantini, Chiara Martini, Alessandro Palma (auth.), Valeria Costantini, Massimiliano Mazzanti (eds.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 246
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The GTAP-E: Model Description and Improvements....Pages 3-24
Carbon Leakage and Trade Adjustment Policies....Pages 25-43
Theoretical Approaches to Dynamic Efficiency in Policy Contexts: The Case of Renewable Electricity....Pages 45-60
Energy Efficiency Policy in the USA: The Impact of the Industrial Assessment Centres (IAC) Programme and State and Regional Climate Policy Actions....Pages 61-82
The Role and Effectiveness of Environmental and Social Regulations in Creating Innovation Offsets and Enhancing Firm Competitiveness....Pages 83-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Implications of Policy Uncertainty for Innovation in Environmental Technologies: The Case of Public R&D Budgets....Pages 99-116
Eco-Activity and Innovativeness: What Is Their Relation to Environmental Performance in Consumer Firms and Industrial Firms?....Pages 117-141
Environmental Policy and Induced Technological Change in European Industries....Pages 143-157
Closing the Gap? Dynamic Analyses of Emission Efficiency and Sector Productivity in Europe....Pages 159-177
Waste Technological Dynamics and Policy Effects: Evidence from OECD Patent Data....Pages 179-201
BioPat: An Investigation Tool for Analysis of Industry Evolution, Technological Paths and Policy Impact in the Biofuels Sector....Pages 203-226
Back Matter....Pages 227-231

✦ Subjects

Environmental Economics; Economic Policy; International Economics; R & D/Technology Policy; Energy, general; Environment, general

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