Browsing BC3 Working Papers by Author "González-Eguino, Mikel"
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Budget-Neutral Financing to Unlock Energy Savings Potential: An Analysis of the ESCO Model in Barcelona
Boobino, Samuel; Galvan, Hector; González-Eguino, Mikel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2013-01-01)The objective of this article is to introduce an increasingly popular business model known as the Energy Service Company (ESCO) model and bring to light the principal barriers to its widespread implementation both ... -
Carbon leakage and the future of Old Industrial Regions after Copenhagen
González-Eguino, Mikel; Ansuategui Cobo, José Alberto ; Galarraga, Ibon (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-03-03)CO2 prices will continue to differ from one country to another for a long time, even if a global post-Kyoto agreement is achieved in the near future. The non-homogeneous nature of climate policies may decrease the ... -
Environmental Fiscal Reform and Unemployment in Spain
Markandya, Anil; Escapa García, Marta ; González-Eguino, Mikel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-04-02)The theoretical literature relevant to the relationship between environmental taxation and employment creation is centred on the suggestion by Pearce (1991) that environmental taxation could lead to a “double dividend†... -
Evaluating the Role of Energy Efficiency Labels: the Case of Dish Washers
Galarraga, Ibon; González-Eguino, Mikel; Markandya, Anil (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-05-17)This article uses the hedonic approach to estimate how much is paid for the energy efficiency label on the dishwasher market in Spain. The estimated figure is 15.6% of the final price. This accounts for about 80€ of ... -
From Shadow to Green: Linking Environmental Fiscal Reforms and the Informal Economy
González-Eguino, Mikel; Markandya, Anil; Escapa García, Marta (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2012-03-03)In the past few decades many papers have analysed in some depth different environmental tax reforms and the double dividend hypothesis, i.e. the possibility of improving not only the environment but also the economy through ... -
Local air pollution and global climate change taxes: a distributional analysis
García-Muros, Xaquín; Burguillo, Mercedes; González-Eguino, Mikel; Romero-Jordán, Desiderio (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2014-02-17)Local air pollution and global climate change are two significant environmental problems which are interrelated. Some recent papers examine them together, but most of the relevant literature has focused either on climate ... -
Low Climate Stabilisation under Diverse Growth and Convergence Scenarios
Markandya, Anil; González-Eguino, Mikel; Criqui, Patrick; Mima, Silvana (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-08-08)In the last decade, a few papers have analysed the consequences of achieving the greenhouse gas concentration levels necessary to maintain global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. ... -
Market Instruments and CO2 Mitigation: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Spain
González-Eguino, Mikel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-13)Market instruments are a core element of policies to mitigate climate change. Choosing and designing the right instruments can help to minimise mitigation costs. This paper seeks to analyse various market instruments for ... -
Optimal Abandonment of Coal-Fired Stations in the EU
Abadie, Luis María; González-Eguino, Mikel; Chamorro, Jose Manuel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-05-26)Carbon-fired power plants could face some difficulties in a carbon-constrained world. The traditional advantage of coal as a cheaper fuel may decrease in the future if CO2 allowance prices start to increase. This paper ... -
Optimal Investment in Energy Efficiency under Uncertainty
Abadie, Luis María; Chamorro, Jose Manuel; González-Eguino, Mikel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-11-18)This paper deals with the optimal time to invest in an energy efficiency improvement. There is a broad consensus that such investments quickly pay for themselves in lower energy bills and spared emission allowances. However, ... -
Price Premium for High-Efficiency Refrigerators and Calculation of Price-Elasticities for Close-Substitutes: Combining Hedonic Pricing and Demand Systems
Galarraga, Ibon; Heres, David; González-Eguino, Mikel (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2011-08-30)This article uses the hedonic pricing method to estimate the price premium paid for the highest energy-efficiency label (A+) in the refrigerators market of the Basque Autonomous Community (Spain). The estimated figure is ... -
The Role of Regions in Climate Change Policy
Galarraga, Ibon; González-Eguino, Mikel; Markandya, Anil (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2009-10-13)Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing human kind. Urgent policy action is needed. Climate change policies are mainly being discussed at international level by means of the United Nations Conventions and ...