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How Green are Economists? / Stefano Carattini, Alessandro Tavoni. Milan : Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, 2016, 19 p. (Nota di lavoro 2016.043) http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=8522&#38;sez=Publications&#38;padre=73The market for voluntary carbon offsets has grown steadily in the last decade, yet it remains a very small niche. Most emissions from business travel are still not offset. This paper exploits a unique dataset examining the decision to purchase carbon offsets at two academic conferences in environmental and ecological economics. We find that having the conference expenses covered by one's institution increases the likelihood of offsetting, but practical and ethical reservations as well as personal characteristics and preferences also play an important role. We draw lessons from the effect of objections on the use of offsets and discuss the implications for practitioners and policy-makers. Based on our findings, we conclude that ecological and environmental economists should be more involved in the design and use of carbon offsets.COP 21 and Economic Theory: Taking Stock / Henry Tulkens. Milan : Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, 2016, 20 p. (Nota di lavoro 2016.040) - A paraître in Revue d'Économie Politique 126:3, Juin 2016 http://www.feem.it/getpage.aspx?id=8458&#38;sez=Publications&#38;padre=73The texts of the COP 21 Decision and its Annex are scrutinized from the particular point of view of the extent to which economic theoretic concepts can be considered to inspire them. While this is shown to be partially the case in some of the intentions, the texts themselves contain more diplomatically formulated promises than implementation of mainstream well established economic concepts.Comment concilier développement économique et environnement ? / Philippe Aghion, Richard Baron, Dominique Bureau, et al. Paris : Conseil économique pour le dévelopement durable, 2016, 122 p. http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/Comment_concilier_developpement_economique_et_environnement.pdf(...) Comment stimuler le développement économique en veillant à ce que les actifs naturels continuent de fournir les ressources et services environnementaux essentiels au développement humain ? Comment repenser les modes de production et de consommation pour la croissance verte ? Peut-on concevoir des politiques environnementales « pro-business » (ou pro-emplois) ? A quelles conditions, notamment en termes de gouvernance et d’institutions pour les conduire ?...Carbon Impact Analytics: Designing low carbon indices based on Carbon Impact Analytics indicators. Carbone 4, 2016, 36 p. http://www.carbone4.com/fr/l_actu_de_carbone_4/construire-des-indices-bas-carbone-avec-les-indicateurs-carbon-impact-analyticsCarbone 4 publie ses conclusions sur la construction d’indices bas carbone au travers d’un rapport exhaustif...