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| Author: | Loschel, A. |
| Title: | Technological change in economic models of environmental policy: a survey |
| Journal: | Ecological Economics
2002 : DEC, VOL. 43:2/3, p. 105-126 |
| Index terms: | TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE MODELS ENERGY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SURVEYS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper provides an overview of the treatment of technological change (TC) in economic models of environmental policy. Numerous economic modeling studies have confirmed the sensitivity of mid- and long- run climate change mitigation cost and benefit projections to assumptions about technology costs. In general, technical progress is considered to be a non-economic, exogenous variable in global climate change modeling. However, there is overwhelming evidence that TC is not an exogenous variable but to an important degree endogenous, induced by needs and pressures. Hence, some energy-economy-environment models treat TC as endogenous, responding to socio-economic variables. |
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