An Evolutionary Model of Industry Transformation and the Political Sustainability of Emission Control Policies

• Main Author: Isley, Steven C. (auth)
• Other Authors: Lempert, Robert J. (auth), Popper, Steven W. (auth), Vardavas, Raffaele (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2013
• Subjects: Database design & theory; Game theory; Meteorology & climatology; Physics; Mathematics; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Limiting climate change will require transformation of energy and other systems. This report presents an agent-based, game theoretic model designed to compare the long-term sustainability of alternative carbon emission reduction policies. The model tracks the co-evolution of an industry sector, its...