Monthly Archives: September 2020

Behavioural perspectives for post-pandemic environmental policy

In this article we use the recent Covid-19 crisis to investigate what motivates individuals in their decisions to deal with two externalities, namely disease transmission, in particular social distancing, and the willingness to undertake green expenditure.

No-regret Pollution Abatement Options: A Correction of Bréchet and Jouvet (2009)

In “Why environmental management may yield no-regret pollution abatement options”, Ecological Economics, 2009, Bréchet and Jouvet claim to have theoretically shown that profits maximizing firms can reduce pollution compared to laissez-faire and increase their profits. We correct multiple errors in their paper, with the conclusion that their claim no longer stands.

Engie

About ENGIE Our group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Our purpose (“raison d’être”) is to act to accelerate the transition...