Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/113942 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 42.2015
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
In this paper we provide an overview of decision frameworks aimed at crafting an energy technology Research & Development portfolio, based on the results of three large expert elicitation studies and a large scale energy-economic model. We introduce importance sampling as a technique for integrating elicitation data and large IAMs into decision making under uncertainty models. We show that it is important to include both parts of this equation - the prospects for technological advancement and the interactions of the technologies in and with the economy. We find that investment in energy technology R&D is important even in the absence of climate policy. We illustrate the value of considering dynamic two-stage sequential decision models under uncertainty for identifying alternatives with option value. Finally, we consider two frameworks that incorporate ambiguity aversion. We suggest that these results may be best used to guide future research aimed at improving the set of elicitation data.
Subjects: 
Decision Making Under Uncertainty
Climate Change
Stabilization Pathways
Energy technology
Ambiguity Aversion
JEL: 
Q42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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