Supply side climate policy and the green paradox

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The focus of the green paradox literature has been either on demand-side climate policies or on effects of technological changes. The present paper addresses the question of whether there also might be some kind of green paradox related to supply-side policies, i.e. policies that permanently remove some of the carbon resources. The conclusion is that there will no green paradox if supply-side climate policies are aimed at high-cost carbon reserves. If instead low-cost reserves are removed, the possibility that both early and total emissions increase cannot be ruled out. Hence, wrong supply-side climate policies may give a supply-side green paradox.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Memorandum ; No. 03/2013

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Environmental Economics: Government Policy
• Subject: climate ; green paradox ; Klimaschutz ; Luftreinhaltung ; Energiereserven ; Luftverschmutzung ; Treibhausgas-Emissionen ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hoel, Michael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/90773
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET