Climate policies and induced technological change: Impacts and timing of technology subsidies
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Authors:
Kverndokk, S., K. E. Rosendahl og T. Rutherford
Year:
2004
Reference:
Memorandum
Number in series: 5
Summary
We study the role of technology subsidies in climate policies, using a simple dynamic equilibrium model with learning-by-doing. The optimal subsidy rate of a carbon-free technology is high when the technology is first adopted, but falls significantly over the next decades. However, the efficiency costs of uniform instead of optimal subsidies, may be low if there are introduction or expansion constraints for a new technology. Finally, supporting existing energy technologies only, may lead to technology lock-in, and the impacts of lock-in increase with the learning potential of new technologies as well as the possibilities for early entry and thight carbon constraints.
JEL:
D58, H21, O30, Q42
Keywords:
Climate change policies; Computable equilibrium models; Induced technological change; Subsidies; Timing
Project:
Oppdragsgiver: Norges forskningsrådOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.:
Frisch prosjekt: 3112 - Climate treaties and technological change
Financing:
SAMSTEMT programme at the Norwegian Research Council
