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Energy and Climate Policy Analysis with the Hybrid Bottom-Up Computable General Equilibrium Model SCREEN: The Case of the Swiss CO2 Act

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This paper shows how bottom-up activity analyses within a dynamic computable general equilibrium framework can be undertaken for the longer-term analysis of energy and climate policies using the model SCREEN [25]. In particular we demonstrate for the case of Switzerland how the impact of policy measures to reduce the carbon intensity of the energy sector can be assessed with such a model for various socio-economic and environmental dimensions (e.g., C02 emissions, GDP, employment, foreign exchange rate). The results can provide valuable insights for the appropriate design of energy or climate policies that allow for the targeted fostering of a more sustainable energy development.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, 3432, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey

    Gürkan Kumbaroğlu

  2. CEPE – Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, ETH Zentrum WEC C25, CH-8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Reinhard Madlener

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Kumbaroğlu, G., Madlener, R. Energy and Climate Policy Analysis with the Hybrid Bottom-Up Computable General Equilibrium Model SCREEN: The Case of the Swiss CO2 Act. Annals of Operations Research 121, 181–203 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023311420542

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