WORKING PAPERS
February 2008
"Giving Green to Get Green: Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology"
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Erich Muehlegger
Federal, state and local governments use a variety of incentives to induce consumer adoption of hybrid-electric vehicles. The authors study the relative efficacy of state sales tax waivers, income tax credits and non-tax incentives and find that the type of tax incentive offered is as important as the value of the tax incentive.
January, 2005
The National Gasification Strategy: Gasification of Coal and Biomass as a Domestic Supply Option
By William Rosenberg, Senior Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
February, 2004
Financing IGCC - 3Party Covenant
By William Rosenberg, Senior Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
November 2003
Scaling Up Biomass Gasifier Use: Applications, Barriers and Interventions
By Debyani Ghosh, Former Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group, 2002-2005 and Ambuj D. Sagar, Former Visiting Scholar, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP), June 2009; Former Research Fellow, ETIP, 1996-2002; Former Senior Research Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2007-2008
Biomass resources account for about 11% of the global primary energy supply - their contribution is even greater, and hence particularly important, in developing countries.
October 2002
The Role of Government in Technology Innovation: Insights for Government Policy in the Energy Sector
This volume presents insights for the design of government policy to promote technology innovation in the energy sector. These insights are based on a comparative analysis of the history of government involvement in four sectors (computers and electronics, agricultural biotechnology, industrial chemicals and the power sector) as well as an analysis of government’s historic role in defense and civilian technology innovation.
October, 2002
The Role of Government In Technology Innovation: Insights for Government Policy in the Energy Sector
November, 2001
"Reform of China's Energy Institutions and Policies: Historical Evolution and Current Challenges"
By Jimin Zhao, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2000-2003
2000
"Diffusion, Costs and Learning of Developing International Gas Transmission Lines"
By Jimin Zhao, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2000-2003
Increasing demand for clean fuels in Eurasia heightens the importance of assessing the prospects for available supplies of natural gas.
February 2008
"Giving Green to Get Green: Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology"
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and Erich Muehlegger
Federal, state and local governments use a variety of incentives to induce consumer adoption of hybrid-electric vehicles. The authors study the relative efficacy of state sales tax waivers, income tax credits and non-tax incentives and find that the type of tax incentive offered is as important as the value of the tax incentive.
October 2007
"A U.S. Cap-and-Trade System to Address Global Climate Change"
By Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
In a paper commissioned by the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project, Stavins, the co-director of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements (HPICA) proposes "a specific cap-and-trade system with several key features including: an upstream cap on CO2 emissions with gradual inclusion of other greenhouse gases; a gradual downward trajectory of emissions ceilings over time to minimize disruption and allow firms and households time to adapt; and mechanisms to reduce cost uncertainty."
