Unintended detrimental effects of environmental policy: The green paradox and beyond

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Well-intended policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions may have unintended undesirable consequences. Recently, a large literature has emerged showing under what conditions this so-called 'Green Paradox' may occur. We review this literature and identify the key mechanisms behind these paradoxical policy outcomes and highlight avenues for future research.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 3466

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Trade and Environment ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Demand and Supply; Prices ; Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices ; Alternative Energy Sources ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming ; Environmental Economics: Government Policy
• Subject: climate policy ; green paradox ; non-renewable resources ; scarcity ; carbon tax ; announcement effects ; implementation lag ; carbon leakage ; backstop technology ; Umweltpolitik ; Klimaschutz ; Ankündigungseffekt ; Ökonomischer Anreiz

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): van der Werf, Edwin ; Di Maria, Corrado
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2011

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/46337
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET