Energy Biased Technical Change: A CGE Analysis
01.01.2005
Vincent M. Otto, Andreas Löschel, Rob Dellink
O32,O33,O38,H23,D58
Computable general-equilibrium models,Endogenous technical change,Energy,Environment
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Carlo Carraro
This paper studies energy bias in technical change. For this purpose, we develop a computable general equilibrium model that builds on endogenous growth models. The model explicitly captures links between energy, the rate and direction of technical change, and the economy. We derive the equilibrium determinants of biased technical change and show the importance of feedback in technical change, substitution possibilities between final goods, and general-equilibrium effects for the equilibrium bias. If the feedback effect is strong, or the substitution elasticity large, or both, our model tends to a corner solution in which only technologies are developed that are appropriate for production of non-energy intensive goods.