Toward Sustainable Technology

Driesen, David

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Toward Sustainable Technology

David M. Driesen

Syracuse University - College of Law

ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, David Driesen, ed., MIT Press, 2009

Abstract:
This paper offers suggestions for climate change policies advancing technological changes necessary for sustainable development. It first explains why relentless pursuit of cost effectiveness through broad environmental benefit trading does not maximize long term technological advancement and explores options for narrowing trading's design. It then explores two alternatives to Kyoto style trading to show how a goal of creating a positive long term economic dynamic

Number of Pages in PDF File: 41

Keywords: emissions trading, economic incentives, kyoto protocol, climate change, market mechanisms

JEL Classification: K32

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Date posted: September 10, 2008

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Driesen, David M., Toward Sustainable Technology. ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, David Driesen, ed., MIT Press, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1259362

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