Projecting impacts of carbon dioxide emission reductions in the US electric power sector: evidence from a data-rich approach Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 2018, Springer Nature B.V. Conditional forecasts of US economic and energy sector activity are developed using information from a dynamic, data-rich environment. The forecasts are conditional on a path for carbon dioxide emissions outlined in the US Environmental Protection Agencys Clean Power Plan (CPP) and are estimated based on a factor-augmented autoregressive framework. Results suggest that overall growth will be slower under the CPP than it would otherwise; however, economic growth and CO2 reductions can be achieved simultaneously. There are little differences between unconditional (business-as-usual) and conditional forecasts of the variables in the early part of the forecast period; the impacts of the CPP are small while the constraints on carbon dioxide are less stringent. The results serve as a data-driven complement to structural analyses of policy change in the energy sector.

published proceedings

  • CLIMATIC CHANGE

altmetric score

  • 12.5

author list (cited authors)

  • Binder, K. E., & Mjelde, J. W.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Binder, Kyle E||Mjelde, James W

publication date

  • November 2018