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Qian Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • dilemmas of state led Environmental conservation in china Environmental Target enforcement and public participation in minqin county
    Society & Natural Resources, 2018
    Co-Authors: Qian Zhang
    Abstract:

    This paper examines the acute socioecological crisis in the Minqin region of China’s Gansu province beginning in the 1980s and the multilevel, governmental response to that crisis in the first two ...

  • dilemmas of state led Environmental conservation in china Environmental Target enforcement and public participation in minqin county
    Social Science Research Network, 2018
    Co-Authors: Kuoray Mao, Qian Zhang
    Abstract:

    This paper examines the acute socio-ecological crisis in the Minqin region of China’s Gansu province beginning in the 1980s and the multilevel, governmental response to that crisis in the first two decades of the 21st century. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews in the area, supplemented by analysis of available data, the paper presents a detailed case study of the development and implementation of the Shiyang River Watershed Restoration Plan in the period 2007–15. The case illustrates how conflicting policy objectives of the central state-led conservation project shaped patterns of interaction between local government officials, cadres, and farmers in Minqin County as well as ensuing outcomes and challenges in policy implementation. The study finds that top-level declaration of ecological and social issues in the watershed as a national security issue incentivized local government officials and cadres to overlook the Plan’s provision for local consultation, in favor of meeting binding ecological and economic Targets. It contributes to scholarship on Environmental authoritarianism, illuminating structural factors and institutional constraints that shape local government officials’ and cadres’ behavior in a centrally administered Environmental policy context.

Peter M Kort - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • green electricity investments Environmental Target and the optimal subsidy
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2019
    Co-Authors: Simona Bigerna, Xingang Wen, Verena Hagspiel, Peter M Kort
    Abstract:

    We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU policy. The firm has to decide about the time and size of the investment. We find that a higher subsidy level induces the firm to invest earlier with a smaller investment capacity. This implies that a given Environmental Target cannot be reached by a too high (too low) subsidy level since this will cause the investment level to be too low (too late). We show that there exists an optimal (intermediate) subsidy level. Due to uncertain demand, in some cases ensuring to reach the Environmental Target in time requires an additional (conditional) subsidy. We propose a heuristic for policy makers stating when and how much subsidy to provide. Furthermore, we find that in a more uncertain economic environment the subsidy adjustment to maintain the Target level of investment results in the firm investing earlier, which is opposite to the standard real options result.

  • green electricity investments Environmental Target and the optimal subsidy
    2018
    Co-Authors: Simona Bigerna, Xingang Wen, Verena Hagspiel, Peter M Kort
    Abstract:

    We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU policy. Upon investing, the firm has to decide about the time and size of the investment. We find that a higher subsidy level induces the firm to invest earlier with a smaller investment capacity. This implies that a given Environmental Target cannot be reached by a too high (too low) subsidy level since this will cause the investment level to be low (too late). We show that there exists an optimal (intermediate) subsidy level to reach the Environmental Target. Furthermore we find that in a more uncertain economic environment the subsidy adjustment to maintain the Target level of investment results in the firm investing earlier, which is opposite to the standard real options result.

Kuoray Mao - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • dilemmas of state led Environmental conservation in china Environmental Target enforcement and public participation in minqin county
    Social Science Research Network, 2018
    Co-Authors: Kuoray Mao, Qian Zhang
    Abstract:

    This paper examines the acute socio-ecological crisis in the Minqin region of China’s Gansu province beginning in the 1980s and the multilevel, governmental response to that crisis in the first two decades of the 21st century. Drawing on extensive field research and interviews in the area, supplemented by analysis of available data, the paper presents a detailed case study of the development and implementation of the Shiyang River Watershed Restoration Plan in the period 2007–15. The case illustrates how conflicting policy objectives of the central state-led conservation project shaped patterns of interaction between local government officials, cadres, and farmers in Minqin County as well as ensuing outcomes and challenges in policy implementation. The study finds that top-level declaration of ecological and social issues in the watershed as a national security issue incentivized local government officials and cadres to overlook the Plan’s provision for local consultation, in favor of meeting binding ecological and economic Targets. It contributes to scholarship on Environmental authoritarianism, illuminating structural factors and institutional constraints that shape local government officials’ and cadres’ behavior in a centrally administered Environmental policy context.

Simona Bigerna - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • green electricity investments Environmental Target and the optimal subsidy
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2019
    Co-Authors: Simona Bigerna, Xingang Wen, Verena Hagspiel, Peter M Kort
    Abstract:

    We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU policy. The firm has to decide about the time and size of the investment. We find that a higher subsidy level induces the firm to invest earlier with a smaller investment capacity. This implies that a given Environmental Target cannot be reached by a too high (too low) subsidy level since this will cause the investment level to be too low (too late). We show that there exists an optimal (intermediate) subsidy level. Due to uncertain demand, in some cases ensuring to reach the Environmental Target in time requires an additional (conditional) subsidy. We propose a heuristic for policy makers stating when and how much subsidy to provide. Furthermore, we find that in a more uncertain economic environment the subsidy adjustment to maintain the Target level of investment results in the firm investing earlier, which is opposite to the standard real options result.

  • green electricity investments Environmental Target and the optimal subsidy
    2018
    Co-Authors: Simona Bigerna, Xingang Wen, Verena Hagspiel, Peter M Kort
    Abstract:

    We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU policy. Upon investing, the firm has to decide about the time and size of the investment. We find that a higher subsidy level induces the firm to invest earlier with a smaller investment capacity. This implies that a given Environmental Target cannot be reached by a too high (too low) subsidy level since this will cause the investment level to be low (too late). We show that there exists an optimal (intermediate) subsidy level to reach the Environmental Target. Furthermore we find that in a more uncertain economic environment the subsidy adjustment to maintain the Target level of investment results in the firm investing earlier, which is opposite to the standard real options result.

Xingang Wen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • green electricity investments Environmental Target and the optimal subsidy
    European Journal of Operational Research, 2019
    Co-Authors: Simona Bigerna, Xingang Wen, Verena Hagspiel, Peter M Kort
    Abstract:

    We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU policy. The firm has to decide about the time and size of the investment. We find that a higher subsidy level induces the firm to invest earlier with a smaller investment capacity. This implies that a given Environmental Target cannot be reached by a too high (too low) subsidy level since this will cause the investment level to be too low (too late). We show that there exists an optimal (intermediate) subsidy level. Due to uncertain demand, in some cases ensuring to reach the Environmental Target in time requires an additional (conditional) subsidy. We propose a heuristic for policy makers stating when and how much subsidy to provide. Furthermore, we find that in a more uncertain economic environment the subsidy adjustment to maintain the Target level of investment results in the firm investing earlier, which is opposite to the standard real options result.

  • green electricity investments Environmental Target and the optimal subsidy
    2018
    Co-Authors: Simona Bigerna, Xingang Wen, Verena Hagspiel, Peter M Kort
    Abstract:

    We investigate the optimal investment decision in renewables under market demand uncertainty, in the context of the Italian strategy for renewable deployment under the EU policy. Upon investing, the firm has to decide about the time and size of the investment. We find that a higher subsidy level induces the firm to invest earlier with a smaller investment capacity. This implies that a given Environmental Target cannot be reached by a too high (too low) subsidy level since this will cause the investment level to be low (too late). We show that there exists an optimal (intermediate) subsidy level to reach the Environmental Target. Furthermore we find that in a more uncertain economic environment the subsidy adjustment to maintain the Target level of investment results in the firm investing earlier, which is opposite to the standard real options result.