2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.01.005
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“Lock-in” effect of emission standard and its impact on the choice of market based instruments

Abstract: Abstract:A country's existing emission standard policy will lead to a "lock in" effect. When the country plans to adopt new market-based instruments to control greenhouse gas emissions, it must consider this effect as it chooses among instruments to avoid larger efficiency loss. In this paper, we find that the "lock in" effect will cause a kink point to occur on the marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve. This change of shape for the MAC curve reminds us to be cautious in choosing market-based instruments when ap… Show more

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“…The notable differences are that the CO2 Cap policy actually incentivizes the build of a new diesel unit (which would otherwise have been built later in 2028) due to the benefit of improved efficiency on CO2 emissions. This effect is important to capture if the policy maker is concerned with the effect of "locking in" additional conventional capacity in the short run, which can be an important factor for driving system emissions over the long term [130]. Note that introducing uncertainty as individual scenarios removes this effect from the results.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The notable differences are that the CO2 Cap policy actually incentivizes the build of a new diesel unit (which would otherwise have been built later in 2028) due to the benefit of improved efficiency on CO2 emissions. This effect is important to capture if the policy maker is concerned with the effect of "locking in" additional conventional capacity in the short run, which can be an important factor for driving system emissions over the long term [130]. Note that introducing uncertainty as individual scenarios removes this effect from the results.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To eliminate air pollution, a series of policies have been issued by the central government. Besides, various measures are taken by authorities, including the introduction of pollution levies, incentives to upgrade technology, and the shutdown of polluting industries (Qian, Wu, and Tang 2017;Wu et al 2019;Jiang and McKibbin 2002). Based on the practice of alleviating air pollution in China, it offers a case to examine how local financial situations affect environmental performance.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This effect is even more serious for energy-dependent countries. In addition, with the acceleration of industrialization and urbanization, the demand for energy consumption has also grown rapidly (Qian et al, 2017;Wang and Su, 2019), and the equilibrium state between economic growth and energy consumption has undergone a fundamental change.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%