Jessica Coria

Institution/Department: Enviromental Economic Unit
Previous studies at: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Thesis: Essays on the Impacts of Environmental Policy on Technological Adoption
Research Areas: environmental economics, environmental policies and the impacts of the choice of policy instruments on technological adoption.
Current Research: In some cities, geography produces a greenhouse ­effect that prevents pollution to leave the atmosphere during winter, causing ­occasional environmental crises that call for the imposition of emergency measures. ­Considering that environmental regulation is difficult to change on short ­notice, how policymakers can cope with environmental crises? Bawa (1975) showed that a mixed policy in which market based instruments are used to ­control the long run equilibrium level of pollution and direct controls are used in short-term emergencies minimizes total social costs. Currently, I am analyzing the unintended impacts of such policy interactions over the rate of adoption of advanced abatement technologies theoretically and empirically.

E-mail address: Jessica.Coria@economics.gu.se