Diffusion of NOx abatement technologies in Sweden
(2014) In Working Papers in Economics- Abstract
- Abstract in Undetermined
This 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... (More) - Abstract in Undetermined
This 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. (Less)
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- Bonilla, Jorge ; Coria, Jessica LU ; Mohlin, Kristina and Sterner, Thomas
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- 2014
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- Book/Report
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- technology diffusion, NOx, abatement technologies, environmental regulations, refunded emission charge
- in
- Working Papers in Economics
- pages
- 48 pages
- publisher
- University of Gothenburg
- ISSN
- 1403-2465
- language
- English
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- 8c79a01f-4e79-4159-a48f-3718c1b33a3d (old id 4815368)
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