Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63094 
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Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Memorandum No. 2006,19
Publisher: 
University of Oslo, Department of Economics, Oslo
Abstract: 
The clean development mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol may induce a technological change in developing countries. As an alternative to the CDM-regime, developing countries may accept a (generous) cap on their own emissions, let domestic producers invest in new efficient technologies, and sell the excess emission permits on the international permit market (cap&trade-regime). The purpose of this paper is to show how the gains from investment, and hence the incentive for investment in new technology may deviate between the two alternative regimes. We show that the difference in gains from investment depends on whether the producers face competitive or non-competitive output markets, whether the investment affects fixed or variable production costs and whether the producers can reduce emissions through other means than investment in new technology.
Subjects: 
Climate Policy
Technology Adoption
Emission Trading
Clean Development Mechanism
Technological Change
JEL: 
L13
Q28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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