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Technology Transfers and the Clean Development Mechanism in a North-South General Equilibrium Model

This paper analyzes the potential welfare gains of introducing a technology transfer from Annex I to non-Annex I in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Our analysis is based on a numerical general equilibrium model for a world economy comprising two regions, North (Annex I) and South (non-Annex I). As our model allows for labor mobility between the formal and informal sectors in the South, we are also able to capture additional aspects of how the transfer influences the Southern economy. In a cooperative equilibrium, a technology transfer from the North to the South is clearly desirable from the perspective of a ‘global social planner’, since the welfare gain for the South outweighs the welfare loss for the North. However, if the regions do not cooperate, then the incentives to introduce the technology transfer appear to be relatively weak from the perspective of the North; at least if we allow for Southern abatement in the pre-transfer Nash equilibrium. Finally, by adding the emission reductions associated with the Kyoto agreement to an otherwise uncontrolled market economy, the technology transfer leads to higher welfare in both regions.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 145.2006

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
Externalities
Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
Thema
Climate Policy
Technology Transfer
Kyoto Protocol
General Equilibrium
Clean Development Mechanism

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Sahlén, Linda
Aronsson, Thomas
Backlund, Kenneth
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
(wo)
Milano
(wann)
2006

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Sahlén, Linda
  • Aronsson, Thomas
  • Backlund, Kenneth
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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