Chatterji, S., Ghosal, S. , Walsh, S. and Whalley, J. (2014) Unilateral emissions mitigation, spillovers, and global learning. Climate Change Economics, 5(3), p. 1450008. (doi: 10.1142/S2010007814500080)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S2010007814500080
Abstract
What's the role of unilateral measures in global climate change mitigation in a post-Durban, post 2012 global policy regime? We argue that under conditions of preference heterogeneity, unilateral emissions mitigation at a subnational level may exist even when a nation is unwilling to commit to emission cuts. We establish that under certain assumptions, in a global strongly connected network of countries, learning the costs of switching to a low emissions activity can result in a universal adoption of such activities. We analyze the features of a policy proposal that could accelerate convergence to a low carbon world in the presence of global learning.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Ghosal, Professor Sayantan |
| Authors: | Chatterji, S., Ghosal, S., Walsh, S., and Whalley, J. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > Adam Smith Business School > Economics |
| Journal Name: | Climate Change Economics |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing |
| ISSN: | 2010-0078 |
| ISSN (Online): | 2010-0086 |
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