Mitigating Climate Change at the Firm Level: Mind the Laggards

Damien Capelle, Divya Kirti, Nicola Pierri and German Villegas Bauer

No 2023/242, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: We document significant within-industry heterogeneity in environmental performance across firms globally and across sectors. We find that this heterogeneity is in part driven by newer capital-embedded technologies and intangible investments that raise productivity. We propose a multi-sector heterogeneous-firm general equilibrium model which endogenizes these novel determinants and matches the extent and drivers of firm heterogeneity. Calibrated simulations for several countries reveal the importance of adoption of newer capital-embedded technologies in lowering the costs of mitigation policies. We highlight the trade-off between short-term costs and long-term benefits of subsidies for capital upgrading.

Keywords: Climate Change; Productivity; Technology Adoption; Capital Vintages; Emissions; R&D expenditure; capital vintage; management practice; emission intensity; emission Intensity; Carbon tax; Greenhouse gas emissions; Consumption; Stocks; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 81
Date: 2023-11-24
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