Les publications de la Chaire

Optimal Policy and Network Effects for the Deployment of Zero Emission Vehicles

2020
Auteurs :
Guy Meunier, Jean-Pierre Ponssard

This working paper analyzes the impact of indirect network effects in the deployment of zero emission vehicles in a static partial equilibrium model.

Financial impacts of climate change mitigation policies and their macroeconomic implications: a stock-flow consistent approach

2019
Auteurs :
Emmanuel Bovari, Gaël Giraud, Florent Mcisaac

To what extent can worldwide carbon pricing foster the transition towards a low-carbon economy and mitigate the effects of global warming? We address this question by assessing the financial impacts and macroeconomic implications of carbon pricing and public subsidies.

Une réévaluation du débat sur la Grande Divergence

2019
Auteurs :
Victor Court

Cet article contribue à la littérature sur la "Grande Divergence" en apportant une analyse des  causes profondes et immédiates de la croissance économique.

The importance of considering optimal government policy when social norms matter for the private provision of public goods

2019
Auteurs :
Guy Meunier, Ingmar Schumacher

We study optimal government policy in a reference model of public good provision and social approval in a dynamic setting. We show that even if complete adherence to the social norm maximizes social welfare it is by no means necessarily optimal to push society toward it.

The Energy for a Climate Integrated Model: Description and Application to Italy

2019
Auteurs :
Alexis Tantet, Marc Stéfanon, Philippe Drobinski, Jordi Badosa, Silvia Concettini, Anna Cretì, Claudia D’Ambrosio, Dimitri Thomopulos andPeter Tankov

We develop an open-source Python software integrating flexibility needs from Variable Renewable Energies (VREs) in the development of regional energy mixes. It provides a flexible and extensible tool to researchers/engineers, and for education/outreach.

Prey–Predator Long-Term Modeling of Copper Reserves, Production, Recycling, Price, and Cost of Production

2019
Auteurs :
Olivier Vidal, Fatma Zahra Rostom, Cyril François, Gaël Giraud

The dynamics of copper production is modeled with a prey–predator approach linking the evolution of reserves to that of industrial wealth.

Empirical determinants of renewable energy deployment: A systematic literature review

2020
Auteurs :
Clémence Bourcet

This paper aims to review the growing, though limited, body of literature that has emerged in the late 2000s to study the quantitative determinants of RE development at a country level.

Climate finance and disclosure for institutional investors: why transparency is not enough

2019
Auteurs :
Nadia Ameli, Paul Drummond, Michael Bisaro, Alexander Grubb, Hugues Chenet

Article published in Climatic Change (2019) The finance sector’s response to pressures around climate change has emphasized disclosure, notably through the recommendations of the...  

Atteindre les contributions déterminées de la COP21 du Brésil : évaluation des principales transitions de la demande finale et de l’emploi

2019
Auteurs :
Florent Mc Isaac, Daniel Bastidas

Using Brazil’s industrial structure and its interdependence, we evaluate the minimal changes in final demand that are needed to achieve their NDC and study the impacts that such changes could cause to the employment by industry in the country. 

Une estimation de différents rendements exergétique minimums requis pour la société

2019
Auteurs :
Victor Court

Cet article montre qu'il est possible de calculer plusieurs ratios de rendement exergétique minimaux par rapport aux différentes efficacités agrégées de conversion de l'exergie