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Economic analysis of the climate pledges of the Copenhagen Accord for the EU and other major countries

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  • Bert Saveyn
  • Denise Van Regemorter
  • Juan-Carlos Ciscar

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GDP and employment effects of climate policyCGEGDP and employment effects of climate policy

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  • Bert Saveyn & Denise Van Regemorter & Juan-Carlos Ciscar, 2012. "Economic analysis of the climate pledges of the Copenhagen Accord for the EU and other major countries," EcoMod2012 4072, EcoMod.
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    EU and world; Energy and environmental policy; Tax policy;
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    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

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