Tag Archives: leakage

Dealing with special ones

Posted on December 26, 2015 by James Atkins

The Bustard has been busy with real work and novel writing, hence its absence. Now right back to climate policy. The special one, Jose Mourinho, is no longer so special, and his second stint at Chelsea came to a sorry … Continue reading →

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Overstretching the EU ETS

Posted on October 21, 2014 by James Atkins

EU ETS can’t do everything – generous leakage provisions are not the way to run industrial policy. The EU wants to stimulate investment in clean technology but at the same time it wants to protect its industry from competition from … Continue reading →

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Leaky logic about leakage

Posted on January 30, 2014 by James Atkins

Carbon leakage is the idea that if a carbon price is imposed on manufacturers in the EU, then manufacturing will shift from the EU to other markets where there is not a carbon price or where the carbon price is … Continue reading →

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