Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers
We explore the implications of an increase in clean technology spillovers between developed and developing countries. We build a game of abatements in which players are linked with technology spillovers determined by an initial choice of absorptive capacities by developing countries. We show that, w...
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| author | Foucart, Renaud Garsous, Grégoire |
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| description | We explore the implications of an increase in clean technology spillovers between developed and developing countries. We build a game of abatements in which players are linked with technology spillovers determined by an initial choice of absorptive capacities by developing countries. We show that, within a non-cooperative framework, the response of clean technology investments in developed countries to an increase in cross-country technology spillovers is ambiguous. If the marginal benefits of these additional abatements are not sufficiently high, developed countries have a strategic incentive to decrease investments. Such a strategic response jeopardizes the initial effects of an increase in technology spillovers on climate change mitigation and decreases the incentives for developing countries to enhance their absorptive capacities. |
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| spelling | nottingham-495812020-05-04T18:55:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49581/ Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers Foucart, Renaud Garsous, Grégoire We explore the implications of an increase in clean technology spillovers between developed and developing countries. We build a game of abatements in which players are linked with technology spillovers determined by an initial choice of absorptive capacities by developing countries. We show that, within a non-cooperative framework, the response of clean technology investments in developed countries to an increase in cross-country technology spillovers is ambiguous. If the marginal benefits of these additional abatements are not sufficiently high, developed countries have a strategic incentive to decrease investments. Such a strategic response jeopardizes the initial effects of an increase in technology spillovers on climate change mitigation and decreases the incentives for developing countries to enhance their absorptive capacities. Springer 2017-07-10 Article PeerReviewed Foucart, Renaud and Garsous, Grégoire (2017) Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers. Environmental and Resource Economics . ISSN 1573-1502 Climate change; Cross-country spillovers; Abatements; Technology investments https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0170-3 doi:10.1007/s10640-017-0170-3 doi:10.1007/s10640-017-0170-3 |
| spellingShingle | Climate change; Cross-country spillovers; Abatements; Technology investments Foucart, Renaud Garsous, Grégoire Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| title | Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| title_full | Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| title_fullStr | Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| title_short | Climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| title_sort | climate change mitigation with technology spillovers |
| topic | Climate change; Cross-country spillovers; Abatements; Technology investments |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49581/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49581/ https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49581/ |