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Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8764-7602

AccessType

Open Access Dissertation

Document Type

dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degree Program

Economics

Year Degree Awarded

2019

Month Degree Awarded

September

First Advisor

Robert Pollin

Second Advisor

James Boyce

Third Advisor

Kevin Gallagher

Fourth Advisor

Shouvik Chakraborty

Subject Categories

Economics | Macroeconomics

Abstract

The research examines Bangladesh’s energy policies with respect to development, climate change, and environmental risks by comparing three plans for 2050: business-as-usual (BAU), a government renewable plan, and an alternate green plan, along five aspects: investment costs, employment, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, environmental costs, and social costs. The model used is an Input Output Model, which calculates factor inputs (land, water, labor, emissions: GHG and co-pollutants) for energy-related sectors considered in the three plans. To apply the model to specific plants for a more accurate estimate of localized environmental and social costs, and to analyze distributional impacts, a supplemental field-study was conducted for fossil fuel and renewable energy plants at two different locations in Bangladesh.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/15197519

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