Publications
The slow search for solutions: lessons from historical energy transitions by sector and service.
Fouquet, R. 2010. Energy Policy, v.38, pp.6586-96.
Modern management: good for the environment or just hot air?
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information … read more »
Evidence-based policy or policy-based evidence gathering? Biofuels, the EU and the 10% target
The 2009 Renewable Energy Directive mandates European Union member-states’ road transport fuel to comprise a minimum of 10% renewable content by 2020. This target is expected to be met … read more »
Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: a study drawing on patent data
Our paper uses the EPO/OECD World Patent Statistical Database(PATSTAT) to provide a quantitative description of the geographic distribution of inventions in thirteen climate mitigation technologies since 1978 and their international diffusion on a global scale. read more »
Why is the USA so energy intensive? Evidence for US multinationals in the UK
At present the USA is, in per capita terms, the top greenhouse gas polluter among the world’s major economies. This is mirrored by the high-energy intensity … read more »
What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies? Empirical evidence from patent data
Using patent data from 66 countries for the 1990–2003 period, we characterise the factors that promote or hinder the international diffusion of climate-friendly technologies on a global scale read more »
Environmental prices, uncertainty and learning
There is an increasing demand for putting a shadow price on the environment to guide public policy and incentivise private behaviour. In practice, setting that price … read more »
How do domestic attributes affect international spillovers of CO2-efficiency?
Although there is evidence that CO2-efficiency enhancing innovations in one country diffuse into other countries to contribute to the goals of climate change mitigation, very little … read more »
The impacts of the Climate Change Levy on business: evidence from microdata
We estimate the impacts of an energy tax – the Climate Change Levy (CCL) – on the manufacturing sector using panel data from the UK production … read more »
A brief history of energy
In: Hunt, L. and J. Evans (eds.). 2009. International Handbook of the Economics of Energy. Edward Elgar Publications. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA.
