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Clearing the Air in India The Economics of Climate Policy with Ancillary Benefits

Title
Clearing the Air in India [electronic resource]: The Economics of Climate Policy with Ancillary Benefits / Maurizio Bussolo and David O'Connor
Author
Bussolo, Maurizio.
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2001.

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O'Connor, David.
Description
58 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
With the aid of a computable general equilibrium model, this paper estimates for India the magnitude of spillovers from limiting growth of greenhouse gas emissions to local air quality and the health of the urban population. The most important spillovers are reductions in emissions of particulates with associated declines in mortality and morbidity. By valuing these spillovers (or ancillary benefits), we can compare them with the welfare costs of climate policy, estimating that — on conservative assumptions — emissions could be reduced by somewhat more than 10 per cent from their 2010 baseline level without incurring net costs. With central estimates of substitution elasticities and willingness-to-pay for health improvements, "no regrets" abatement could reach around 17-18 per cent of baseline emissions. The analysis also permits assessment of the inter-regional variation in costs and benefits, finding that abatement costs are relatively low and ancillary benefits high in North and ...
Series Statement
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.182
Uniform Title
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, no.182.
Subject
  • Development
  • India
LCCN
10.1787/088226224463
OCLC
oecd-lib
Author
Bussolo, Maurizio.
Title
Clearing the Air in India [electronic resource]: The Economics of Climate Policy with Ancillary Benefits / Maurizio Bussolo and David O'Connor
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2001.
Series
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.182
OECD Development Centre Working Papers, 1815-1949 ; no.182.
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Development
India
Added Author
O'Connor, David.
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10.1787/088226224463 doi
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