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    <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Investigating the carbon leakage effect on the environmental Kuznets curve using luminosity data</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142235</link>
      <description>Title: Investigating the carbon leakage effect on the environmental Kuznets curve using luminosity data
Authors: Steinkraus, Arne
Abstract: This paper studies the effect of carbon leakage on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) using satellite nighttime light data. I show that nighttime lighting is an important variable for estimating carbon dioxide emissions that is superior to other existing indicators and covers all countries in the world. I find evidence of an inverted-U shaped relationship between light and, thus, greenhouse gas emissions and income, with a turning point at approximately US $50,000. However, the relationship is primarily driven by changes in the structure of international trade, implying strong carbon leakage effects. Consequently, environmental regulations that become operative in only one part of the world may fail without global coordination.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Governmental platform intermediation to promote alternative fuel vehicles</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/142236</link>
      <description>Title: Governmental platform intermediation to promote alternative fuel vehicles
Authors: Dietrich, Antje-Mareike
Abstract: Many governments promote green technological innovation within the automobile sector as a means of combating climate change. Most of these innovations are driven by alternative fuels. Buyer's premiums and governmental investment in service infrastructure are widely used. This paper investigates the question regarding whether market intervention is adequate by considering the two-sided market character of the automobile market. This study shows that network effects, competition effects triggered by more automobile users and decreasing marginal utilities of further service stations determine the welfare-efficient extent of governmental intervention. The results of the analysis indicate that governmental promotion of service infrastructure is reasonable, although governments should be cautious about buyer's premiums.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Subsidizing human capital to overcome the green paradox: A demand-side approach</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/146510</link>
      <description>Title: Subsidizing human capital to overcome the green paradox: A demand-side approach
Authors: Steinkraus, Arne
Abstract: This paper shifts the perspective of the recent green paradox literature towards the demand side. Based on a simple model, I show that a subsidy on input factors in a Cobb-Douglas production function may contribute substantially to postponing resource extraction into the future and, thereby, to limit the future costs of climate change. Specifically, indirect subsidies on human capital, such as investments in education, are plausible policy options to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions because it is robust to short-sighted incentives on the part of politicians and resource owners.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Coal and Gas - From Cradle to Grave with Carbon Capture and Storage</title>
      <link>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/110904</link>
      <description>Title: Coal and Gas - From Cradle to Grave with Carbon Capture and Storage
Authors: Steinkraus, Arne
Abstract: Existing studies on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) only focus on costs and carbon dioxide (CO2 ) reduction that arise at the power plant and geological storage. These studies do not consider additional expenses and emissions at the input and output pathways. Consequently, we use a simulation model containing input data from different studies to estimate the cradle-to-grave costs of avoided carbon dioxide. We show that the true costs vary between 70 and 90 US-Dollars per ton of CO2 . Additional sensitivity analyses support the results because they are robust against different parameter adjustments. Because it is not evident whether CCS is an efficient mitigation option, it is compared to a variety of renewable energy sources. Thus, it is cheaper to avoid one ton of CO2 by means of wind energy, but costs arising from the use of solar energy are much higher.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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