Effects of the Uncertainty about Global Economic Recovery on Energy Transition and CO2 Price

This paper examines the impact that uncertainty over economic growth may have on global energy transition and CO2 prices. We use a general-equilibrium model derived from MERGE, and define several stochastic scenarios for economic growth. Each scenario is characterized by the likelihood of a rapid gl...

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Main Authors: Durand-Lasserve, Olivier, Pierru, Axel, Smeers, Yves
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66275