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Forced Errors & Gains in Economic Potential Capacities

Carbon Finance Labs · 2026 · Licensed CC BY 4.0

Well-intentioned climate policies tend to produce unintended consequences. Models how regulatory interventions — carbon pricing floors, technology mandates, subsidy regimes — create windfalls and dead weight in the carbon-removal landscape, identifying both forced errors and latent gains.

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Carbon Finance Lab (2026). Forced Errors & Gains in Economic Potential Capacities. Carbon Finance Lab. https://carbonfinancelab.com/forced-errors/

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  author = {Carbon Finance Lab},
  title = {Forced Errors & Gains in Economic Potential Capacities},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Carbon Finance Lab},
  howpublished = {\url{https://carbonfinancelab.com/forced-errors/}}
}