Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

M Herrero, PK Thornton, D Mason-D'Croz, J Palmer… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the
food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions …

Potential role of technology innovation in transformation of sustainable food systems: A review

N Khan, RL Ray, HS Kassem, S Hussain, S Zhang… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Advanced technologies and innovation are essential for promoting sustainable food systems
(SFSs) because these technologies can be used to answer some of the critical questions …

Participation and duration of environmental agreements

M Battaglini, B Harstad - Journal of Political Economy, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
We analyze participation in international environmental agreements in a dynamic game in
which countries pollute and invest in green technologies. If complete contracts are feasible …

The dynamics of climate agreements

B Harstad - Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016 - academic.oup.com
This paper analyzes a framework in which countries over time pollute and invest in green
technologies. Without a climate treaty, the countries pollute too much and invest too little …

Directed technical change in labor and environmental economics

D Hémous, M Olsen - Annual Review of Economics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
It is increasingly evident that the direction of technological change responds to economic
incentives. We review the literature on directed technical change in the context of …

Technology and time inconsistency

B Harstad - Journal of Political Economy, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
Policy makers have time-inconsistent preferences if they fear losing power or are endowed
with hyperbolic discount factors. Politicians may thus seek to influence future policy choices …

Looking for winning policies to address the climate issue in EU-aviation

S Proost - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the different climate policies that are used by the EU in the aviation
sector. Using a simple model, we study their effects on welfare as well as on their …

Pledge-and-review bargaining: From Kyoto to Paris

B Harstad - The Economic Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A tractable dynamic model of international climate policies is analysed. The choice of
bargaining game influences participation levels, emission quotas and technology …

The conservation multiplier

B Harstad - Journal of Political Economy, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Every government that controls an exhaustible resource must decide whether to exploit it or
conserve it and thereby let the subsequent government decide whether to exploit or …

A simple dynamic climate cooperation model

E Kováč, RC Schmidt - Journal of Public Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
We introduce a novel framework for analyzing coalition formation, applied to climate
cooperation. Our model allows for multiple rounds of negotiations and is able to explain the …