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Nuclear Phase-out Under Stringent Climate Policies: A Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis

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  • Lucas Bretschger and Lin Zhang

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In this paper we investigate the long-run economic consequences of phasing out nuclear energy in the presence of stringent climate policies. We integrate endogenous growth theory and technology-based activity analysis into a dynamic numerical general equilibrium model. Both market-based and policy-mandated nuclear phase-out are studied. Using data from the Swiss economy we find that the aggregate welfare loss of carbon policy is as large as 1.21% and that nuclear phase-out raises the loss to 1.58%. Nuclear phase-out has no significant effect on economic growth. Increased investment, induced innovation, and sectoral change are the reasons that the economic impact of nuclear phase-out and the trade-off between energy and climate policy are moderate, once the dynamics of an economy are taken into account. Optimal phase-out time for nuclear depends mainly on future cost escalation in the energy sector.

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  • Lucas Bretschger and Lin Zhang, 2017. "Nuclear Phase-out Under Stringent Climate Policies: A Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 1).
    • Handle: RePEc:aen:journl:ej38-1-linzhang
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    1. Adriana Marcucci Bustos & Hal Turton, 2012. "Swiss Energy Strategies under Global Climate Change and Nuclear Policy Uncertainty," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES), vol. 148(II), pages 317-345, June.
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