The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation
© 2016 Elsevier Inc. This paper investigates the social costs of second-best agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies. Adjustments along the land use and input intensity margins are represented within a regionalized optimization model of California crop production calibrated to economic...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Published: |
2017
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75590 |
| _version_ | 1848763509390704640 |
|---|---|
| author | Garnache, C. Mérel, P. Lee, Juhwan Six, J. |
| author_facet | Garnache, C. Mérel, P. Lee, Juhwan Six, J. |
| author_sort | Garnache, C. |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | © 2016 Elsevier Inc. This paper investigates the social costs of second-best agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies. Adjustments along the land use and input intensity margins are represented within a regionalized optimization model of California crop production calibrated to economic and agronomic information. Second-best policies relying on spatially aggregated GHG emission factors lead to small abatement efficiency losses, while policies targeting a single GHG lead to moderate losses. In contrast, policies targeting a single input entail large abatement efficiency losses, which nonetheless can be reduced by combining instruments. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:04:35Z |
| format | Journal Article |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-75590 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T11:04:35Z |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-755902019-05-29T07:44:57Z The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation Garnache, C. Mérel, P. Lee, Juhwan Six, J. © 2016 Elsevier Inc. This paper investigates the social costs of second-best agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation policies. Adjustments along the land use and input intensity margins are represented within a regionalized optimization model of California crop production calibrated to economic and agronomic information. Second-best policies relying on spatially aggregated GHG emission factors lead to small abatement efficiency losses, while policies targeting a single GHG lead to moderate losses. In contrast, policies targeting a single input entail large abatement efficiency losses, which nonetheless can be reduced by combining instruments. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75590 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.10.004 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Garnache, C. Mérel, P. Lee, Juhwan Six, J. The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation |
| title | The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation |
| title_full | The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation |
| title_fullStr | The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation |
| title_short | The social costs of second-best policies: Evidence from agricultural GHG mitigation |
| title_sort | social costs of second-best policies: evidence from agricultural ghg mitigation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75590 |