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Energy and rural households well-being : Do the facts hold the promise of prosperity?

Access to EnergyAhmed TritahBooks & Official ReportsChloé SaurelPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on Energy and rural households well-being : Do the facts hold the promise of prosperity?

This paper reviews the evidence from the recent literature regarding the impact of electricity on rural households. The authors’ reading of the currently available evidence suggests that while access to electricity is necessary to support local economic development and stimulate a more inclusive labor market, it is however not sufficient.

Decarbonization with Induced Technical Change: Exploring the Niche Potential of Hydrogen in Heavy Transportation

Albin KasserGuy MeunierJean-Pierre PonssardPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSectoral PoliciesComments Off on Decarbonization with Induced Technical Change: Exploring the Niche Potential of Hydrogen in Heavy Transportation

Electric batteries and fuel cells (hydrogen) are competing technologies for the energy transition in heavy transportation. This paper shows that the existence of a market niche for fuel-cell electric buses (FCEBs) can be obtained depending on the values of a limited set of key parameters.

Car-Fuel Poverty: Determinants and Policy Implications for France

Maria Eugenia SaninPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSectoral PoliciesWorking papersComments Off on Car-Fuel Poverty: Determinants and Policy Implications for France

Several European governments implemented a generalized gasoline subsidy in the face of inflation following the Ukrainian crisis. In contrast, reducing fossil fuel consumption is crucial to mitigate the current energy and climate crises. Fuel consumption for transport increases with income, making rich households the main beneficiaries of generalized subsidies. In this context, a thorough investigation of the nature of vulnerability to rising gasoline prices is needed to formulate targeted policies.

From Price Stability to Climate Stabilization? The Political Economy of Green Central Banking

Doctoral & master thesisFinancial regulation and innovative financingJérôme DeyrisPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on From Price Stability to Climate Stabilization? The Political Economy of Green Central Banking

This PhD thesis focuses on a recent and rapidly spreading, but highly diverse phenomenon: the integration of climate and environemntal issues by central bankers. To do so, the author draws from different approaches in order to understand what drives (some) central banks to embrace this issue, why they do so and how. 

Unconventional monetary policy in an econometric SFC model of the French economy: Some lessons for financing the low-carbon transition

Jacques MazierMacro-economical and societal challengesPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on Unconventional monetary policy in an econometric SFC model of the French economy: Some lessons for financing the low-carbon transition

Un modèle économétrique SFC de l’économie française est présenté pour étudier les effets des politiques monétaires non-conventionnelles et l’impact d’une version simple de la monnaie électronique banque centrale. Différentes formes de politiques monétaires non conventionnelles sont évaluées.

Dette publique et policy mix climatique : l’éclairage des modèles macroéconomiques stocks-flux cohérents

Jacques MazierMacro-economical and societal challengesPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on Dette publique et policy mix climatique : l’éclairage des modèles macroéconomiques stocks-flux cohérents

This paper examines the contribution of SFC modelling to the definition of a green policy mix that would facilitate the implementation of a climate transition policy.

Technology Neutral vs. Technology Specific Procurement

An imperfectly-informed regulator needs to procure multiple units of some good that can be produced with heterogeneous technologies at various costs. How should it optimally procure these units? We find that one size does not fit all: the preferred instrument depends on the costs of the available technologies, their degree of substitutability, the extent of information asymmetry, and the costs of public funds.

Electric Moto Taxis Innovation in Low-Income Countries: A Rider’s Perspective in Kampala – 1er prix du Global case writing competition 2023 du William Davidson Institute

Access to EnergyAkil AmiralyPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on Electric Moto Taxis Innovation in Low-Income Countries: A Rider’s Perspective in Kampala – 1er prix du Global case writing competition 2023 du William Davidson Institute

Akil Amiraly (i3-CRG) et Mansoureh Hasannia Kolaee (Laval University), et leur co-auteurs Peter Kasaija (Makerere University) et Nathalie Prime (ESCP) ont reçu le premier prix du Global case writing competition 2023 du William Davidson Institute (Michigan University) pour l’étude de cas « Electric Moto Taxis Innovation in Low-Income Countries: A Rider’s Perspective in Kampala ».

Green industrial policy, information asymmetry, and repayable advance

Guy MeunierJean-Pierre PonssardPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSectoral PoliciesComments Off on Green industrial policy, information asymmetry, and repayable advance

Recent recovery plans, associated with the COVID‐19 pandemic and the energy transition, increased the funding available to finance innovative low‐carbon projects and called for an economic evaluation of their allocation. This paper analyzes the potential benefit of using repayable advance: a lump‐sum payment to finance the project that is paid back in case of success.

What are the Drivers of Corporates’ climate transparency? Evidence from the S&P 1200 Index

Climate transparency through firms’ disclosures is often considered a prerequisite for the redirection of investments toward low-carbon economy. In order to provide effective incentives to improve this transparency, it is therefore crucial to identify its drivers.