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The Transition to Endogenous Technical Change in Climate-Economy Models: A Technical Overview to the Innovation Modeling Comparison Project

Kohler, J; Grubb, M; Popp, D; Edenhofer, O; (2006) The Transition to Endogenous Technical Change in Climate-Economy Models: A Technical Overview to the Innovation Modeling Comparison Project. The Energy Journal , SI2006 (01) pp. 17-56. 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-VolSI2006-NoSI1-2.

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Abstract

This paper assesses endogenous technical change (ETC) in climate-economy models, using the models in the Innovation Modeling Comparison Project (IMCP) as a representative cross-section. ETC is now a feature of most leading models. Following the new endogenous growth literature and the application of learning curves to the energy sector, there are two main concepts employed: knowledge capital and learning curves. The common insight is that technical change is driven by the development of knowledge capital and its characteristics of being partly non-rival and partly non-excludable. There are various different implementations of ETC. Recursive CGE models face particular difficulties in incorporating ETC and increasing returns. The main limitations of current models are: the lack of uncertainty analysis; the limited representation of the diffusion of technology; and the homogeneous nature of agents in the models including the lack of representation of institutional structures in the innovation process.

Type: Article
Title: The Transition to Endogenous Technical Change in Climate-Economy Models: A Technical Overview to the Innovation Modeling Comparison Project
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-VolSI2006-NoSI1-2
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-VolSI2006...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Endogenous technological change, Climate-economy models, Model comparison, imcp
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1471200
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