Regional coordination of European environmental policies

Carlo Andrea Bollino () and Silvia Micheli

Journal of Policy Modeling, 2014, vol. 36, issue 6, 1152-1165

Abstract: Over the last years the European Union (EU) has implemented ambitious climate and energy targets for 2020, i.e. the 2020 Climate and Energy Package (Package), to become a highly efficient, low carbon economy. The Package assigns binding renewable energy sources (RES) target for each EU member countries. Indeed costs to reach Package's targets vary among EU countries, given heterogeneity among regions and different instruments implemented to spur RES deployment. The aim of our paper is to provide a policy tool for EU policy makers in the negotiation process that assigns achievable quantitative targets according to which countries are not inclined to deviate from the agreement.

Keywords: Environmental policy; Regional marginal cost of RES; Participation cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q28 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2014.10.004

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