Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50102 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 248
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
In this paper we carry out a meta-analysis of recent studies into the costs of greenhouse gas mitigation policies that aim at the long-term stabilization of these gases in the atmosphere. We find the cost estimates of the studies to be sensitive to the level of the stabilization target, the assumed emissions baseline, intertemporal optimisation, the choice of control variable (CO2 only versus multigas), assumptions on future technological options (backstop and carbon capture and storage), and, to a lesser degree, the scientific 'forum' in which the study was developed.
Subjects: 
greenhouse gas mitigation
meta-analysis
marginal abatement
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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