Seven essays on policies and international cooperation to abate emissions of greenhouse gases
Year: 2016
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The thesis consists of seven essays dealing with policies to mitigate climate change. The first three essays analyze aspects of international cooperation to abate emissions. More specifically, the first essay studies the design of a compliance mechanism when there is an international agreement on emission cuts. The next two essays analyze the effects of an\ninternational agreement with emissions trading, assuming that the national emission quotas are not results of an efficient international bargaining process, but instead are determined individually by national governments. The last four essays study how management of forests and use of wood-based bioenergy influence the accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere, and how forest management should be adjusted when accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere is considered to be socially damaging. The thesis applies different methods. While the first three essays on international climate cooperation apply microeconomic theory and game theory, the last four essays on forest management combine basic microeconomic theory with life-cycle assessments, building on biological knowledge on the dynamics of forests and the interaction of the carbon stocks.
Author: Bjart Holtsmark
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
SDGs: Climate action, Life on land
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2296084617