PT Unknown AU Weitzel, M TI Essays on the Role of Emerging Economies in International Climate Policy PY 2014 PU Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel WP https://macau.uni-kiel.de/receive/diss_mods_00015174 LA en DE Climate Policy; China; India; Computable General Equilibrium Model; Border Carbon Adjustment; Emissions Embodied in Trade; Clean Development Mechanism AB Emerging economies like China and India have contributed a large share in the recent growth in global CO2 emissions, yet these countries are at a different level of economic development than industrialized countries. This dissertation asks the question of how emerging economies can contribute to international climate policies by analyzing existing and proposed policy measures. For the long run, an international regime is necessary to avoid dangerous climate change. After reviewing the literature on how different regimes would affect China and India, the impacts of one particular regime are analyzed numerically in a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model with respect to their consequences on China and India. For India, effects of the proposed policy on different household types are discussed. Furthermore, the impact of uncertainty in key abatement technologies is taken into account. For the medium run, unilateral climate policy might prevail and border carbon adjustments are proposed in order to avoid loss of competitiveness and carbon leakage. Incentives for setting certain carbon tariff rates are studied and the uncertainty in measuring emissions embodied in trade is shown, taking China as an example. Finally, a current policy measure is discussed. Taking a closer look at China, the determinants for technology transfer in the Clean Development Mechanism are analyzed. PI Kiel ER