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Economic incentives – useful, but not sufficient for meaningful mitigation efforts

Mundaca, Luis LU orcid (2014) In Klimat i Fokus (Climate in focus)
Abstract
As people and countries around the world wrestle with options to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mitigation efforts must accelerate faster than ever if we want to stabilize the concentration of GHG emissions at 450 ppm CO2-eq. Economic incentives for achieving this stabilisation target have received much attention. However, the effectiveness and efficiency of such measures depends on numerous determinants, including how relevant institutional frameworks can influence the economic behaviour of market agents and people in general, whose decisions and transactions are often based on imperfect information.
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Economic instruments, market-based incentives, transaction costs, climate change mitigation, behavioral failures, imperfect information
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English
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88550117-7361-4d79-a431-2f7d81b9abbb (old id 4446749)
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  abstract     = {{As people and countries around the world wrestle with options to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mitigation efforts must accelerate faster than ever if we want to stabilize the concentration of GHG emissions at 450 ppm CO2-eq. Economic incentives for achieving this stabilisation target have received much attention. However, the effectiveness and efficiency of such measures depends on numerous determinants, including how relevant institutional frameworks can influence the economic behaviour of market agents and people in general, whose decisions and transactions are often based on imperfect information.}},
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  keywords     = {{Economic instruments; market-based incentives; transaction costs; climate change mitigation; behavioral failures; imperfect information}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  series       = {{Klimat i Fokus (Climate in focus)}},
  title        = {{Economic incentives – useful, but not sufficient for meaningful mitigation efforts}},
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  year         = {{2014}},
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