Substitution between biofuels and fossil fuels: Is there a green paradox?
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Kompas, Thomas; Long, Ngo Van; Grafton, Quentin
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We show that (i) subsidies for renewable energy policies with the intention of encouraging substitution away from fossil fuels may accentuate climate change damages by hastening fossil fuel extraction, and that (ii) the opposite result holds under some specified conditions. We focus on the case of subsidies for renewable resources produced under increasing marginal costs, and assume that both the renewable resources and the fossil fuels are currently in use. Such subsidies have a direct effect...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2012 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69382 |
Source: | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.07.008 |
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