Energy policies and pollution in two developing country cities: A quantitative model

Rainald Borck and Peter Mulder

Journal of Development Economics, 2024, vol. 171, issue C

Abstract: We study the effect of energy and transport policies on pollution in two developing country cities. We use a quantitative equilibrium model with choice of housing, energy use, residential location, transport mode, and energy technology. Pollution comes from commuting and residential energy use. The model parameters are calibrated to replicate key variables for two developing country cities, Maputo, Mozambique, and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In the counterfactual simulations, we study how various transport and energy policies affect equilibrium pollution. Policies may induce rebound effects from increasing residential energy use or switching to high emission modes or locations. In general, these rebound effects tend to be largest for subsidies to public transport or modern residential energy technology.

Keywords: Pollution; Energy policy; Discrete choice; Developing country cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q53 Q54 R48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438782400097X
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
Working Paper: Energy Policies and Pollution in Two Developing Country Cities: A Quantitative Model (2024)
Working Paper: Energy policies and pollution in two developing country cities: A quantitative model (2024)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:deveco:v:171:y:2024:i:c:s030438782400097x

DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103348

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Development Economics is currently edited by M. R. Rosenzweig

More articles in Journal of Development Economics from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().