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The clean development mechanism in a global carbon market

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  • BRECHET, Thierry

    (Université catholique de Louvain, CORE & LSM, Belgium)

  • meniere, Yann

    (Ecole des Mines de Paris, CERNA)

  • PICARD, Pierre M.

    (Université catholique de Louvain, CORE, Belgium; CREA, University of Luxembourg)

Abstract

This paper discusses the role of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) on the market for carbon quotas and countries' commitments to reduce their carbon emission levels. We show that the CDM contributes to an efficient funding of clean technology investments in least developed countries. However, the CDM is not neutral on the global level of carbon emissions as it entices countries to raise their emission caps. The CDM may also make inappropriate the inclusion of any country that takes no emission abatement commitment. It can even make inefficient a country's decision to commit to an emission target.

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  • BRECHET, Thierry & meniere, Yann & PICARD, Pierre M., 2012. "The clean development mechanism in a global carbon market," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 2012040, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
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    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics
    • F64 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Environment
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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