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Climate and forests: The tradeoff between forests as a source for producing bioenergy and as a carbon sink by Hoel, Michael, Sletten, Thea Marcelia

“…•There is a conflict between producing bioenergy and using forests as carbon sinks.•The optimal forest volume is higher the higher is the social cost of…”
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Correcting the Climate Externality: Pareto Improvements Across Generations and Regions by Hoel, Michael O., Kittelsen, Sverre A. C., Kverndokk, Snorre

“…Many argue that the present generation must reduce consumption to mitigate future climate change. However, as significant climate change is due to market…”
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Can a Focus on Breakthrough Technologies Improve the Performance of International Environmental Agreements by Hoel, Michael, de Zeeuw, Aart

“…In a recent paper, Barrett (Am Econ Rev 96(2):22-25, 2006) reaches the conclusion that in general the answer to the question in the title is no, except for a…”
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International Cooperation on Climate-friendly Technologies by Golombek, Rolf, Hoel, Michael

“…We examine international cooperation on technological development as an alternative to international cooperation on emission reductions. We show that without…”
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The rise and fall of bioenergy by Hoel, Michael

“…If bioenergy has a less negative impact on the climate than fossil energy, it may be optimal to have a significant increase in the use of bioenergy over time…”
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The Supply Side of CO2 with Country Heterogeneity by Hoel, Michael

“…Several recent articles have analyzed climate policy, paying explicit attention to the fact that carbon resources are non-renewable. In most of this body of…”
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Discounting and relative prices by Hoel, Michael, Sterner, Thomas

“…Environmentalists are often upset at the effect of discounting costs of future environmental damage, e.g., due to climate change. An often-overlooked message…”
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Refunding Emission Payments: Output-Based Versus Expenditure-Based Refunding by Hagem, Cathrine, Hoel, Michael, Sterner, Thomas

“…We analyse two mechanism designs for refunding emission payments to polluting firms: output-based refunding (OBR) and expenditure-based refunding (EBR). In…”
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Should environmental R&D be prioritized? by Golombek, Rolf, Greaker, Mads, Hoel, Michael

“…•We compare public innovation policy for a market good and an environmental good.•Both types of innovations have the same prospect of increasing social…”
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Cutting costs of catching carbon—Intertemporal effects under imperfect climate policy by Hoel, Michael, Jensen, Svenn

“…► A simple two-period model that captures the essence of the “green paradox”. ► It allows to analyze impacts of technological improvements. ► Renewable energy…”
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Supply-Side Climate Policy and the Green Paradox by Michael Hoel

“…Unless all countries cooperate on demand-side climate policies such as a carbon tax, it is well-known that the attempts of some countries to reduce carbon…”
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Optimal disease eradication by BARRETT, SCOTT, HOEL, MICHAEL

“…Using a dynamic model of the control of an infectious disease, we derive the conditions under which eradication will be optimal. When eradication is feasible,…”
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The Supply Side of CO 2 with Country Heterogeneity by Hoel, Michael

“…Abstract Several recent articles have analyzed climate policy, paying explicit attention to the fact that carbon resources are non‐renewable. In most of this…”
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What should (public) health insurance cover? by Hoel, Michael

“…In any system of health insurance, a decision must be made about what treatments the insurance should cover. One way to make this decision is to rank…”
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Climate Policy and Nonrenewable Resources: The Green Paradox and Beyond by Pittel, Karen, Ploeg, Rick van der, Withagen, Cees, Hoel, Michael, Daubanes, Julien, Lasserre, Pierre, Long, Ngo Van, Meijden, Gerard van der, Stähler, Frank, Winter, Ralph A

“…Recent developments suggest that well-intended climate policies--including carbon taxes and subsidies for renewable energy -- might not accomplish what policy…”
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Harmonization of carbon taxes in international climate agreements by Hoel, Michael

“…The use of some kind of carbon tax is often proposed as part of an international climate policy. One possibility could be an international climate agreement…”
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International environment conventions: The case of uniform reductions of emissions by Hoel, Michael

“…Several serious environmental problems have a global character. International cooperation to reduce emissions for this type of problems often takes the form of…”
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Should a carbon tax be differentiated across sectors? by Hoel, Michael

“…It is shown that a carbon tax should not be differentiated across sectors in the economy, provided one can use import and export tariffs on all traded goods…”
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Discounting and Relative Prices by Sterner, Thomas, Hoel, Michael

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Does a Renewable Fuel Standard for Biofuels Reduce Climate Costs? by Greaker, Mads, Hoel, Michael, Rosendahl, Knut Einar

“…Recent literature on biofuels has questioned whether biofuels policies are likely to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Our analysis explicitly…”
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