Working Papers: Recent submissions
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The potential role of new technology for enhanced safety and performance of nuclear power plants through improved service maintenance
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1991)Refinements in the safety and performance of nuclear power plants must be made to maintain public confidence and ensure competitiveness with other power sources. The aircraft industry, US Navy, and other programs have ... -
Micro economics for demand-side management
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1991)This paper aims to interpret Demand-Side Management (DSM) activity and to point out its problems, adopting microeconomics as an analytical tool. Two major findings follow. first, the cost-benefit analysis currently in use ... -
Tax policy to combat global warming : on designing a carbon tax
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1991)This paper develops several points concerning the design and implementation of a carbon tax. First, if implemented without any offsetting changes in transfer programs, the carbon tax would be regressive. This regressivity ...
