TY  - JOUR
AU  - Popp,David
AU  - Newell,Richard G.
AU  - Jaffe,Adam B.
TI  - Energy, the Environment, and Technological Change
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 14832
PY  - 2009
Y2  - April 2009
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14832
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14832.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
David Popp
Associate Professor of Public Administration
Syracuse University
The Maxwell School
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
Tel: 315/443-2482
Fax: 315/443-1081
E-Mail: dcpopp@maxwell.syr.edu

Richard G. Newell
Nicholas School of the Environment
Duke University
Box 90227
Durham, NC 27708
Tel: 919/681-8663
Fax: 919/684-5833
E-Mail: richard.newell@duke.edu

Adam B. Jaffe
MS 021
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454
Tel: 781/736-3451
Fax: 781/736-3457
E-Mail: ajaffe@brandeis.edu
AB  - Within the field of environmental economics, the role of technological change has received much attention.  The long-term nature of many environmental problems, such as climate change, makes understanding the evolution of technology an important part of projecting future impacts.  Moreover, in many cases environmental problems cannot be addressed, or can only be addressed at great cost, using existing technologies.  Providing incentives to develop new environmentally-friendly technologies then becomes a focus of environmental policy. This chapter reviews the literature on technological change and the environment. Our goals are to introduce technological change economists to how the lessons of the economics of technological change have been applied in the field of environmental economics, and suggest ways in which scholars of technological change could contribute to the field of environmental economics.
ER  -