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Carbon pricing in the EU: Evaluation of different EU ETS reform options by Brink, Corjan, Vollebergh, Herman R.J., van der Werf, Edwin

“…This paper studies various options to support allowance prices in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), such as adjusting the cap, an auction reserve price,…”
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Production functions for climate policy modeling: An empirical analysis by van der Werf, Edwin

“…Quantitative models for climate policy modeling differ in the production structure used and in the sizes of the elasticities of substitution. The empirical…”
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Are green hopes too rosy? Employment and welfare impacts of renewable energy promotion by Böhringer, Christoph, Keller, Andreas, van der Werf, Edwin

“…In view of pressing unemployment problems, policy makers across all parties jump on the prospects of renewable energy promotion as a job creation engine which…”
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Evaluation of Climate Change Adaptation Alternatives for Smallholder Farmers in the Upper Blue-Nile Basin by Nigussie, Yalemzewd, van der Werf, Edwin, Zhu, Xueqin, Simane, Belay, van Ierland, Ekko C.

“…Climate change is expected to have severe negative impacts on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in developing countries. However, smallholder farmers and…”
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The potential role of waste biomass in the future urban electricity system by Jiang, Yu, van der Werf, Edwin, van Ierland, Ekko C., Keesman, Karel J.

“…The share of intermittent renewable electricity (IRE) in the future urban electricity system is expected to increase significantly. Sufficient back-up capacity…”
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Accountability mechanisms in international climate change financing by Basak, Rishi, van der Werf, Edwin

“…This paper uses agency theory to analyse the incentives that a donor (principal) and recipient (agent) face as actors in an accountability regime for the…”
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Should we be worried about the green paradox? Announcement effects of the Acid Rain Program by Di Maria, Corrado, Lange, Ian, van der Werf, Edwin

“…This paper presents the first empirical test of the green paradox hypothesis, according to which well-intended but imperfectly implemented environmental…”
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Forest plantations’ investments in social services and local infrastructure: an analysis of private, FSC certified and state-owned, non-certified plantations in rural Tanzania by Degnet, Mohammed B., van der Werf, Edwin, Ingram, Verina, Wesseler, Justus

“…•Large-scale private forest plantations are expanding in Tanzania.•We assess investments in social services and infrastructure by forest plantations.•We…”
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Absolute abundance and relative scarcity: Environmental policy with implementation lags by Di Maria, Corrado, Smulders, Sjak, van der Werf, Edwin

“…We study the effectiveness of environmental policy in a model with nonrenewable resources and an unavoidable implementation lag. We find that a time lag…”
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Climate Policy with Tied Hands: Optimal Resource Taxation Under Implementation Lags by Di Maria, Corrado, Smulders, Sjak, van der Werf, Edwin

“…In the presence of implementation lags, announced Pigouvian taxation leads to fossil fuel prices that are too low from society’s perspective. This results in…”
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Do Locals Have a Say? Community Experiences of Participation in Governing Forest Plantations in Tanzania by Mohammed B. Degnet, Edwin van der Werf, Verina Ingram, Justus H.H. Wesseler

“…As large-scale forest plantations expand in developing countries, concerns are rising about their relation to and integration with adjacent local communities…”
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Modeling linkages between climate policy and land use: An overview by van der Werf, Edwin, Peterson, Sonja

“…Agriculture and forestry play an important role in emitting and storing greenhouse gases. For an efficient and cost-effective climate policy, it is therefore…”
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Climate policy and the optimal extraction of high- and low-carbon fossil fuels by Smulders, Sjak, Van Der Werf, Edwin

“…We study how restricting CO₂ emissions affects resource prices and depletion over time. We use a Hotelling-style model with two non-renewable fossil fuels that…”
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A descriptive framework to evaluate instrument packages for the low-carbon transition by Vollebergh, Herman, van der Werf, Edwin, Vogel, Johanna

“…We develop a descriptive framework to facilitate policy instrument evaluation in relation to the low-carbon transition. The framework consists of a…”
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Capital-labour-energy substitution in a nested CES framework: A replication and update of Kemfert (1998) by Henningsen, Arne, Henningsen, Geraldine, van der Werf, Edwin

“…The ease with which firms can substitute away from energy to other inputs is an important determining factor in the costs of climate change mitigation…”
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Community perceptions: A comparative analysis of community participation in forest management: FSC-certified and non-certified plantations in Mozambique by Degnet, Mohammed B., van der Werf, Edwin, Ingram, Verina, Wesseler, Justus

“…With the increasing expansion of large-scale forest plantations in developing countries, concerns are rising about relationships between plantations and local…”
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Capital-labour-energy substitution in a nested CES framework : A replication and update of Kemfert (1998) by Henningsen, Arne, Henningsen, Geraldine, Werf, Edwin, van der

“…The ease with which firms can substitute away from energy to other inputs is an important determining factor in the costs of climate change mitigation…”
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Carbon leakage revisited: unilateral climate policy with directed technical change by Maria, Corrado Di, van der Werf, Edwin

“…Using a stylized theoretical model, we argue that current economic analyses of climate policy tend to over-estimate the degree of carbon leakage, as they…”
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Production functions for climate policy modeling : An empirical analysis: Technological Change and the Environment by VAN DER WERF, Edwin

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The potential of REDD+ for carbon sequestration in tropical forests: Supply curves for carbon storage for Kalimantan, Indonesia by Indrajaya, Yonky, van der Werf, Edwin, Weikard, Hans-Peter, Mohren, Frits, van Ierland, Ekko C.

“…We study the potential of tropical multi-age multi-species forests for sequestering carbon in response to financial incentives from REDD+. Following existing…”
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