Tag Archives: climate change policy

Told you so

Posted on July 16, 2013 by James Atkins

Oh dear. Yet another instance of the Bustard’s First Law of carbon pricing alive and kicking. Reuters reports that “California is considering handing out more allowances to energy intensive industry for free under the state’s emissions trading scheme to ease … Continue reading →

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Günther’s commute

Posted on June 23, 2013 by James Atkins

This is an illustrated version of an earlier written blog post. See original text on: https://www.thebustard.com/?p=876

Posted in Climate change policy | Tagged behavioural economics, belief economics, carbon pricing, climate change policy, economic policy, externalities, Günther, low carbon transport policy, preferences, price signals, transport policy | 6 Comments

The Three Little Pigs (or the importance of our beliefs for our spending decisions)

Posted on June 11, 2013 by James Atkins

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Belief economics primer

Posted on June 10, 2013 by James Atkins

I thought I would try and write about “belief economics” using the Paper 53 app I got on my ipad…

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An examination of the nature of politogen, the source of political will

Posted on June 7, 2013 by James Atkins

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