Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Reports: Recent submissions
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Modeling the Income Dependence of Household Energy Consumption and its Implications for Climate Policy in China
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-07)We estimate Engel Curves based on Chinese household microdata and show in general equilibrium simulations that they imply substantially lower energy demand and CO2 emissions, relative to projections based on standard ... -
Global economic growth and agricultural land conversion under uncertain productivity improvements in agriculture
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-06)We study how stochasticity in the evolution of agricultural productivity interacts with economic and population growth at the global level. We use a two-sector Schumpeterian model of growth, in which a manufacturing sector ... -
Can Tariffs be Used to Enforce Paris Climate Commitments?
(MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, 2017-06)We evaluate the potential for using border carbon adjustments (BCAs) and welfare-maximizing tariffs to compel non-compliant countries to meet emissions reduction targets pledged under the Paris Climate Agreement. Our ...
