Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/97315 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 1926
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
A simple model is used to illustrate the effects of a reduction in (marginal) abatement cost in a two country setting. It can be shown that a the country experiencing a cost reduction can actually be worse off. This holds true for a variety of quantity and price based emission policies. The most important channel is that a country with lower abatement costs engages in additional abatement effort for which it is not compensated. Under a quantity based policy with a given allocation, a seller of permits can also be negatively affected from a lower carbon price. We also argue that abatement cost shocks to renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) are different in terms of their effects on international energy markets. A shock to renewable energy reduces fossil fuel rents benefiting energy importers, while the opposite holds for a shock to CCS. The channels obtained in the theoretical model can be confirmed in a more complex global computable general equilibrium model. Some regions are indeed worse off from shock that lowers their abatement costs.
Subjects: 
climate policy
prices vs. quantities
renewable energy
CCS
technological uncertainty
CGE model
JEL: 
C68
Q54
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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