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In this chapter we set out to model the economic aspects of the CO2 problem under endogenous technical progress (Romer, 1990). Such models appear more natural and provide increased flexibility and realism for policy-making purposes.
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Gottinger, H.W. (1998). Long-Run Investment and Endogenous Technical Progress: Dynamic and Vintage-Type Models. In: Global Environmental Economics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5435-6_4
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