Should Marginal Abatement Costs Differ Across Sectors? The Effect of Low-Carbon Capital Accumulation

Should Marginal Abatement Costs Differ Across Sectors? The Effect of Low-Carbon Capital Accumulation

The optimal timing, sectoral distribution, and cost of greenhouse gas emission reductions is different when abatement is obtained though abatement expenditures chosen along an abatement cost curve, or through investment in low-carbon capital. In th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vogt-Schilb, Adrien, Meunier, Guy, Hallegatte, Stephane
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
ABATEMENT COST
ABATEMENT COSTS
ABATEMENT POTENTIAL
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
AMOUNT OF ABATEMENT
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BASELINE EMISSIONS
CAPITAL COST
CAPITAL STOCKS
CARBON BUDGET
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON FOSSIL FUELS
CARBON PRICE
CARBON PRICES
CARBON TAX
CARBON TAXES
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION POLICIES
CLIMATE POLICY
CO2
COAL
COMBUSTION
COST FUNCTIONS
COST OF CAPITAL
CUMULATIVE EMISSIONS
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCOUNT FACTOR
DISCOUNT RATE
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
ELECTRIC CARS
EMISSION TRADING
EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM
EMISSIONS FROM HOUSEHOLDS
ENERGY ECONOMICS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUELS
GHG
GLOBAL WARMING
GREEN INNOVATION
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GAS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS
IMPORTS
INCREASING RETURNS
INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
IPCC
LABOR SUPPLY
LOW-CARBON
MARGINAL ABATEMENT
MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST
MARGINAL BENEFITS
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COSTS
MARGINAL PRICE
MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY
MARKET FAILURE
MARKET FAILURES
MONETARY FUND
MULTIPLIERS
OIL
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OPTIMIZATION
PARETO OPTIMUM
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PORTFOLIO
POWER PLANTS
POWER SECTOR
PRESENT COST
PRESENT VALUE
PRICE SIGNAL
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
QUANTITY OF ABATEMENT
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
RESERVOIRS
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
RETROFITTING
SOCIAL COST OF CARBON
TAXATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17606425/marginal-abatement-costs-differ-across-sectors-effect-low-carbon-capital-accumulation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15559

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17606425/marginal-abatement-costs-differ-across-sectors-effect-low-carbon-capital-accumulation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15559

Similar Items