Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/59719 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 95.2011
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This paper discusses the growth model with environmental constraints recently presented in (Acemoglu et al., 2011) which focuses on the redirection of technical change by climate policies with research subsidies and a carbon tax. First, Acemoglu et al.'s model and chosen parameters yield numerical results that do not support the conclusion that ambitious climate policies can be conducted without sacrificing (much or any) long-run growth. Second, they select unrealistic key parameters for carbon sinks and elasticity of substitution. We find that more realistic parameters lead to very different results. Third, the model leads to an unrealistic conclusion when used to analyse endogenous growth, suggesting specification problems.
Subjects: 
Technological Change
Endogenous Growth
Climate
Energy Substitutability
JEL: 
O30
O33
Q43
Q54
Q56
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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