Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement
Includes bibliographical references (p. 12).
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/35962019-04-12T13:40:30Z Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement Babiker, Mustafa H.M. Reilly, John M. Ellerman, A. Denny. QC981.8.C5 M58 no.51 Includes bibliographical references (p. 12). Abstract in HTML and technical report in HTML and PDF available on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change website (http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/) We find that, on an economic basis, nuclear power could make a substantial contribution for meeting the emissions target Japan agreed to in the Kyoto Protocol. It is unlikely however that the contribution would be as large as projected in official Japanese forecasts. The economic costs of the carbon constraint rise if siting, construction, and approval problems prevent the economically desirable level of expansion of nuclear power. We also evaluate the economic effects of subsidizing nuclear power to achieve the expansion projected in official forecasts. While the subsidy required is substantial, the economic welfare effects are relatively small because of second-best considerations. We use the EPPA model, a global computable general equilibrium model, in the analysis. Our estimates thus include the effects of changing world energy prices and terms of trade as they affect competitiveness of nuclear power and economic welfare. 2003-10-24T14:56:42Z 2003-10-24T14:56:42Z 1999-08 no. 51 http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a51 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3596 eng Report no. 51 12 p. 176142 bytes application/pdf application/pdf MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change |
| spellingShingle | QC981.8.C5 M58 no.51 Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement |
| title | Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement |
| title_full | Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement |
| title_fullStr | Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement |
| title_short | Japanese nuclear power and the Kyoto agreement |
| title_sort | japanese nuclear power and the kyoto agreement |
| topic | QC981.8.C5 M58 no.51 |
| url | http://mit.edu/globalchange/www/abstracts.html#a51 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/3596 |