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Economics and the Challenge of Global Warming.

A balanced, rigorous and comprehensive exploration of the economics of climate change.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pearson, Charles S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction and a Road Map; Scope and Focus; Motivation and Audience; Structure; 1 Climate Change; The Science; The International Policy Response; References; 2 The Role of Benefit Cost in Climate Policy; Background; Inability to Make Secure Inter-Generational Transfers; Willingness and Ability to Pay; Risk and Uncertainty; Catastrophe; Sustainability; Alternatives: Tolerable Windows, Safe Minimum Standards, Precautionary Approach, and the 2°C Target; Summary; References. 
505 8 |a 3 Discounting and Social Weighting (Aggregating over Time and Space)Introduction; Discounting; Descriptive versus Prescriptive Approaches; The Ramsey Equation; Rho, the Pure Time Preference Parameter; Adjusting for Consumption Growth; Deconstructing Eta; Estimating Eta; Taking Stock; Unsnarling the Discount Rate Tangle; Richer Models; Recalculating Damages; Declining Discount Rates; Social (Equity) Weighting: Aggregating over Space; Concepts; In Practice; Complications; Conclusions; References; 4 Empirical Estimates; Integrated Assessment Models; Damage Functions: The Weakest Link? 
505 8 |a An Uncertain Bottom LineGenerating the Numbers; The Art of Shadow Pricing; Agriculture; Sea-Level Rise; Adaptation Costs; Counting (on) Trees: Slowing Deforestation; Conclusion; References; 5 Strategic Responses; The Development Option; Adaptation versus Mitigation; Supply, Demand, and the Green Paradox; Technology; Is Technology Policy Needed?; Mitigation-Technology Connections; Empirical Studies; Geo-Engineering; Conclusions; References; 6 Targets and Tools; Absolute versus Intensity Targets; Certainty of GDP Growth; Uncertain GDP Growth; Choices; The Toolbox. 
505 8 |a Market Incentives versus RegulationEmission Taxes versus Cap-and-Trade; International Aspects of Taxes and Cap-and-Trade; Subsidies: The Other Market-Incentive Tool; Summary; References; 7 Trade and Global Warming; The Impact of Trade on Global Warming; Analytical Approaches; Additional Connections Linking Trade to Global Warming; The Impact of Global Warming and Global Warming Policy on Trade; Carbon Leakage: Concepts; Carbon Leakage: Estimates and Policy Responses; Border Tax Adjustments; Border Adjustments: Legal Issues; Food Miles, Carbon Labeling, and Other Trade Issues. 
505 8 |a Carbon Embodied in TradeGlobal Warming Policy and the Dutch Disease; Manipulating Permit Markets; Conclusions; References; 8 The Challenge of International Cooperation; Introduction; Concepts: Public Goods, Public Bads; Supplying Global Public Goods; An Ecological Surplus; Self-Enforcing IEAs; Carrots and the Search for Cooperation; Three IEA Simulations; The Dual Role of Transfers; Stepping Back; Sticks; The Need for Cooperation; Cost Considerations; A Shrinking Target Space; Conclusions; References; 9 Beyond Kyoto; From Kyoto to Bali to Copenhagen; From Copenhagen Forward; Cancun. 
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