The Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) is a no-profit, no-partisan research institution established to carry out research in the field of sustainable development. Recognised by the President of the Italian Republic in July 1989, it has since become a leading international research centre. One of its principal aims is to promote interaction between academic, industrial and public policy spheres in order to comprehensively address concerns about economic development and environmental degradation. FEEM circulates a series of working papers in English collecting the output of research in the field of economics, energy and the environment and the presentations made at international workshops and congresses. FEEM's Note di Lavoro are classified into the following series:
ASD: Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development
EET: Econometrics of the Energy Transition
GET: Geopolitics and the Energy Transition
MET: Modelling the Energy Transition
TET: Technologies for the Energy Transition
AFRICA:REP: Africa Research, Empowerment, Partnership
FEP: Future Energy Program
FACTS: Firms And Cities Towards Sustainability
ES: Economy and Society
CSI: Climate and Sustainable Innovation
MITP: Mitigation, Innovation and Transformation Pathways
CCSD: Climate Change and Sustainable Development
EIA: Climate Change: Economic Impacts and Adaptation
ERM: Energy: Resources and Markets
ESP: Energy Scenarios and Policy
SAS: Society and Sustainability
ETA: Economic Theory and Applications
Papers from 2010
Repeated Cheap-Talk Games of Common Interest between a Decision-Maker and an Expert of Unknown Statistical Bias, Irene Valsecchi
The Oil-Based Economies International Research Project. The Case of Iran, Fereydoun Verdinejad and Yasaman Gorji
At Home and Abroad: An Empirical Analysis of Innovation and Diffusion in Energy-Efficient Technologies, Elena Verdolini and Marzio Galeotti
An Economic Assessment of the Impacts of the MOSE Barriers on Venice Port Activities, Lucia Vergano, Georg Umgiesser, and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes
Reinforcing the EU Dialogue with Developing Countries on Climate Change Mitigation, Frank Vöhringer, Alain Haurie, Dabo Guan, Maryse Labriet, Richard Loulou, Valentina Bosetti, Pryadarshi R. Shukla, and Philippe Thalmann
Price Floors for Emissions Trading, Peter J. Wood and Frank Jotzo
Long Term Changes in Voting Power and Control Structure following the Unification of Dual Class Shares, Yishay Yafeh and Beni Lauterbach
Assessing China’s Energy Conservation and Carbon Intensity: How Will the Future Differ from the Past?, ZhongXiang Zhang
China in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, ZhongXiang Zhang
Climate Change Meets Trade in Promoting Green Growth: Potential Conflicts and Synergies, Zhongxiang Zhang
Copenhagen and Beyond: Reflections on China’s Stance and Responses, ZhongXiang Zhang
In What Format and under What Timeframe Would China Take on Climate Commitments? A Roadmap to 2050, ZhongXiang Zhang
Liberalizing Climate-Friendly Goods and Technologies in the WTO: Product Coverage, Modalities, Challenges and the Way Forward, ZhongXiang Zhang
The U.S. Proposed Carbon Tariffs, WTO Scrutiny and China’s Responses, Zhongxiang Zhang
A New Capital Regulation For Large Financial Institutions, Luigi Zingales and Oliver Hart
Papers from 2009
Bidding for Complex Projects: Evidence From the Acquisitions of IT Services, Gian Luigi Albano, Federico Dini, and Roberto Zampino
Voluntary Cleanups and Redevelopment Potential: Lessons from Baltimore, Maryland, Anna Alberini and Dennis Guignet
Rates of Time Preferences for Saving Lives in the Hazardous Waste Site Context, Anna Alberini, Stefania Tonin, and Margherita Turvani
The Value of Reducing Cancer Risks at Contaminated Sites:The Value of Reducing Cancer Risks at Contaminated Sites: Are More Heavily Exposed People Willing to Pay More?, Anna Alberini, Stefania Tonin, and Margherita Turvani
Self-enforcing Agreements on Water Allocation, Erik Ansink
Sequential Sharing Rules for River Sharing Problems, Erik Ansink and Hans-Peter Weikard
Winning Big but Feeling no Better? The Effect of Lottery Prizes on Physical and Mental Health, Benedicte Apouey and Andrew E. Clark
Environmental Kuznets Curves for Carbon Emissions: A Critical Survey, Nektarios Aslanidis
Modelling Asymmetric Dependence Using Copula Functions: An application to Value-at-Risk in the Energy Sector, Andrea Bastianin
Trade Complexity and Productivity, Gabor Bekes and Carlo Altomonte
A Search Model for Joint Implementation, Giovanni Bella
Political Persistence, Connections and Economic Growth, Giorgio Bellettini, Carlotta Berti Ceroni, and Giovanni Prarolo
Stock Prices in a Speculative Market: The Chinese Split-Share Reform, Andrea Beltratti, Bernardo Bortolotti, and Marianna Caccavaio
On the Legitimacy of Coercion for the Financing of Public Goods, Felix Bierbrauer
The External Cost of European Crude Oil Imports, Andrea Bigano, Mariaester Cassinelli, Fabio Sferra, Lisa Guarrera, Sohbet Karbuz, Manfred Hafner, Anil Markandya, and Ståle Navrud
Environmental Options and Technological Innovation:, Simone Borghesi, Angelo Antoci, and Marcello Galeotti
The Incentives to Participate in, and the Stability of, International Climate Coalitions: A Game-theoretic Analysis Using the Witch Model, Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Enrica De Cian, Romain Duval, Emanuele Massetti, and Massimo Tavoni
The Role of R&D and Technology Diffusion in Climate Change Mitigation: New Perspectives Using the Witch Model, Valentina Bosetti, Carlo Carraro, Romain Duval, Alessandra Sgobbi, and Massimo Tavoni
Global Climate Policy Architecture and Political Feasibility: Specific Formulas and Emission Targets to Attain 460 ppm CO2 Concentrations, Valentina Bosetti and Jeffrey Frankel
Linking Reduced Deforestation and a Global Carbon Market: Impacts on Costs, Financial Flows, and Technological Innovation, Valentina Bosetti, Ruben Lubowski, Alexander Golub, and Anil Markandya
The Deep-Pocket Effect of Internal Capital Markets, Xavier Boutin, Giacinta Cestone, Chiara Fumagalli, Giovanni Pica, and Nicolas Serrano-Velarde
A Multicriteria Approach for the Evaluation of the Sustainability of Re-use of Historic Buildings in Venice, Margaretha Breil, Silvio Giove, and Paolo Rosato
Do International Roaming Alliances Harm Consumers?, Benno Bühler
Environmentalists' Behaviour and Environmental Policies, Joan Canton
The Decision to Migrate and Social Capital: Evidence from Albania, Cristina Cattaneo
On the Realized Volatility of the ECX CO2 Emissions 2008 Futures Contract: Distribution, Dynamics and Forecasting, Julien Chevallier and Benoît Sévi
Economic Valuation of Forest Ecosystem Services: Methodology and Monetary Estimates, Aline Chiabai , Chiara Travisi, H. Ding, Anil Markandya, and Paulo A.L.D. Nunes
How Harmful are Adaptation Restrictions, Kelly C. de Bruin and Rob B. Dellink
Factor-Augmenting Technical Change: An Empirical Assessment, Enrica De Cian
The 2008 WITCH Model: New Model Features and Baseline, Enrica De Cian, Valentina Bosetti, Alessandra Sgobbi, and Massimo Tavoni
Sharing the Burden of Adaptation Financing: An Assessment of the Contributions of Countries, Rob Dellink, Michel den Elzen, Harry Aiking, Emmy Bergsma, Frans Berkhout, Thijs Dekker, and Joyeeta Gupta
Abatement and Allocation in the Pilot Phase of the EU ETS, Corrado Di Maria, Barry Anderson, and Frank Convery
Absolute Abundance and Relative Scarcity: Announced Policy, Resource Extraction, and Carbon Emissions, Corrado Di Maria, Sjak Smulders, and Edwin van der Werf
Non-bossy Social Classifcation, Dinko Dimitrov and Clemens Puppe
Computational Complexity in Additive Hedonic Games, Dinko Dimitrov and Shao-Chin Sung