Ambiguity in financing corporate mitigation policies

  • Elettra Agliardi
  • , Wilhelmus Spanjers

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    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHandbook of sustainable politics and economics of natural resources
    EditorsStella Tsani, Indra Overland
    Place of PublicationCheltenham, U.K.
    PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
    Pages348-365
    ISBN (Print)9781789908763
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021

    Publication series

    NameElgar handbooks in energy, the environment and climate change
    PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing

    Bibliographical note

    Note: This work was supported by AlmaIdea-Unibo [project: "Circular economies and climate change"].

    Impact: Significance: 1*

    This paper provides a structural model of how perceived ambiguity regarding the effectiveness of environmental projects may potentially impede their financing. This is an important issue, but the paper's outlet is of limited visibility.

    Originality: 1*

    In the literature there is a clear awareness of the importance of ambiguity in the context of climate change, and some awareness of the usefulness of Choquet-Brownian motions in this context. This paper applies combines both to address the above mentioned problem. It is the first to do so, and this sense it is original.

    Rigour: 2*

    The mathematical application is robust in its modelling and analysis. This rigour is enhanced by the thorough discussion of ambiguity and the analysis of the alternative formulation as a robust control problem.

    Overall: 1*

    The paper is a fine 1* paper, clearly falling short of the 2* standard. It provides robust and useful insights, but it is parsimonious and lacks the mathematical/theoretical depth and/or empirical support one would expect of a 2* paper.

    Keywords

    • Economics and econometrics

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