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Market-Level Implications of Regulating Forest Carbon Storage and Albedo for Climate Change Mitigation

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  • Rautiainen, Aapo
  • Lintunen, Jussi
  • Uusivuori, Jussi

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We explore the optimal regulation of forest carbon and albedo for climate change mitigation. We develop a partial equilibrium market-level model with socially optimal carbon and albedo pricing and characterize optimal land allocation and harvests. We numerically assess the policy's market-level impacts on land allocation, harvests, and climate forcing, and evaluate how parameter choices (albedo strength, productivity of forest land, and carbon and albedo prices) affect the outcomes. Carbon pricing alone leads to an overprovision of climate benefits at the expense of food and timber production. Complementing the policy with albedo pricing reduces these welfare losses.

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  • Rautiainen, Aapo & Lintunen, Jussi & Uusivuori, Jussi, 2018. "Market-Level Implications of Regulating Forest Carbon Storage and Albedo for Climate Change Mitigation," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 47(2), pages 239-271, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:47:y:2018:i:02:p:239-271_00
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    1. Jussi Lintunen & Aapo Rautiainen & Jussi Uusivuori, 2022. "Which Is more Important, Carbon or Albedo? Optimizing Harvest Rotations for Timber and Climate Benefits in a Changing Climate," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 104(1), pages 134-160, January.
    2. Lintunen, Jussi & Rautiainen, Aapo, 2021. "On physical and social-cost-based CO2 equivalents for transient albedo-induced forcing," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).

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