Document Type
Book Chapter
Date
2009
Keywords
emissions trading, economic incentives, kyoto protocol, climate change, market mechanisms
Language
English
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Environmental Policy
Description/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
Recommended Citation
Driesen, David M., "Toward Sustainable Technology" (2009). College of Law - Faculty Scholarship. 36.
https://surface.syr.edu/lawpub/36
Source
Metadata from SSRN
Additional Information
from ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND U.S. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, David Driesen, ed., MIT Press, 2009