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  2. 1. MAKING TRADE-OFFS IN THE GREENHOUSE: Relative Price Changes, Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases and Tropical Deforestation in Climate Policy

    Author : Martin Persson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GWP; discounting; RED; climate change; substitutability; Kyoto protocol; tropical deforestation; palm oil; biofuels; Amazon; climate policy; uncertainty;

    Abstract : This thesis, consisting of five separate papers, is an inquiry into climate policy and the trade-offs that have to be made when formulating such policy. It covers three major topics: (1) the economics of choosing a climate policy target; (2) the economic merits of the Global Warming Potentials (GWPs), the metric governing the trade-off between abatement of different greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the current climate regime; and (3) the promises and challenges with including the GHG emissions from tropical deforestation in a future climate regime. READ MORE

  4. 2. "The strength of the weakest link: Sickness absence, internal substitutability and worker-firm matching" and "Rising to the occasion? Youth political knowledge and changes in the voting age"

    Author : Olof Rosenqvist; Oskar Nordström Skans; Lena Hensvik; Erik Lindqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

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  5. 3. Modelling and evaluation of the effects of traffic safety measures Comparative analysis of driving assistance systems and road infrastructure

    Author : Meng Lu; Trafik och väg; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Vägtransportteknik; GRA; Road transport technology; grey relational analysis; driving assistance systems; traffic safety principle; quantitative causal chain; comparative analysis; QCC model; road infrastructure; road traffic safety;

    Abstract : Improvement of road traffic safety is an important policy issue. Various categories of meas-ures are available to effectuate this. The thesis focuses on two categories: road infrastructure and driv-ing assistance systems. READ MORE

  6. 4. The role of wastepaper in the pulp and paper industry : investments, technical change and factor substitution

    Author : Robert Lundmark; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Environmental concerns, both public and private, has resulted in, among other things, an increased wastepaper recovery. The segment of the economy this has had a major impact on is the pulp and paper industry since they are the prime user of wastepaper in the production of paper and paperboard. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on Economic Modeling of Climate Change

    Author : Gustav Engström; John Hassler; Michael Hoel; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; climate change; economic growth; energy balance models; sustainability; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Structural change in a two-sector model of the climate and the economy introduces issues concerning substitutability among goods in a two-sector economic growth model where emissions from fossil fuels give rise to a climate externality. Substitution is modeled using a CES-production function where the intermediate inputs differ only in their technologies and the way they are affected by the climate externality. READ MORE