Low Carbon Transition in Emerging Economies: Climate Policy, Carbon Pricing and the Effect on Employment

ISBN-13: 9781032393520 / Angielski

Erkin Erdogan

Opis

Focusing on the case of Turkey, this book investigates the economic impacts of climate change policies to help meet the required mitigation targets and transition to a low carbon economy. This book explores the empirical evidence on the effectiveness of a carbon pricing mechanism by developing an econometric VAR model to analyse data sets.

Spis treści

1 Introduction   2 The Concept of Transition to Low Carbon Economy   3 Macroeconomics of the Environmental Policy in Turkey   4 Empirical Analysis   5 Conclusions   Appendices

O autorze

Erkin Erdoğan is an independent researcher based in Berlin, Germany. He obtained his doctoral degree in economics at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on the economic impacts of climate change policies, carbon pricing and energy transition in emerging economies.