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dc.contributor.authorBonilla, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorCoria, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorMohlin, Kristina
dc.contributor.authorSterner, Thomas
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-06T14:36:42Z
dc.date.available2014-02-06T14:36:42Z
dc.date.issued2014-01
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/35057
dc.descriptionJEL Classification: H23, O33, O38, Q52sv
dc.description.abstractThis 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 revenues are refunded back to the regulated firms in proportion to energy output, was explicitly designed to affect investment in NOx-reducing technologies. The results indicate that a higher net NOx charge liability, i.e. a reduction in tax liabilities net of the refund due to the new technology, increases the likelihood of adoption, but only for end-of-pipe post-combustion technologies. We also find some indication that market power considerations in the heat and power industry reduce the incentives to abate emissions through investment in postcombustion technologies. Adoption of post-combustion technologies and the efficiency improving technology of flue gas condensation are also more likely in the heat and power and waste incineration sectors, which is possibly explained by a large degree of public ownership in these sectors.sv
dc.format.extent48sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economicssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries585sv
dc.subjecttechnology diffusionsv
dc.subjectNOxsv
dc.subjectabatement technologiessv
dc.subjectenvironmental regulationssv
dc.subjectrefunded emission chargesv
dc.titleDiffusion of NOx abatement technologies in Swedensv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.svepreportsv
dc.contributor.organizationDept of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv


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