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Synergies and Trade-offs between Climate and Local Air Pollution: Policies in Sweden
(2012-04)
In this paper, we explore the synergies and tradeoffs between abatement of global and local pollution. We built a unique dataset of Swedish heat and power plants with detailed boiler-level data 2001-2009 on not only ...
Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision: A Tale of Confused Objectives, Mulitple Market Failures and Policy Challenges
(2012-10)
Most research and funding in conservation has been oriented toward biodiversity per se. Until recently there has been little tangible effort in linking conservation to ecosystem service provision. Nevertheless, this trend ...
Diffusion of NOx abatement technologies in Sweden
(2014-01)
This paper studies how different NOx abatement technologies have diffused under
the Swedish system of refunded emissions charges and analyzes the determinants of the time to adoption. The policy, under which the charge ...
Fiscal Federalism, Interjurisdictional Externalities and Overlapping Policies
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-09)
In this paper, we analyze the effects of the interaction between national and local policies designed to reduce an environmental externality that causes environmental damages both nationally and locally. We formulate a ...
Natural Resource Management: Challenges and Policy Options
(2011-01)
Much of the improvement in living standards in developed and developing countries alike is attributable to the exploitation of nonrenewable and renewable resources. The problem is to know when the exploitation occurs at ...