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International Climate Agreements and the Scream of Greta

Maggi, Giovanni; Staiger, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Current policies directed at mitigating global warming appear unlikely to prevent temperatures from rising to levels that would trigger a precipitous increase in the costs of climate change. Various attempts at international cooperation to avoid this outcome have failed. Why is this problem so...

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Food safety economics : incentives for a safer food supply

Roberts, Tanya (ed.) - 2018 - 1st edition 2018

examined in both the short run and long run. The book's unique application of economic theory to food safety decision making in …, and consumer groups around the world. In addition to Benefit/Cost Analysis and economic incentives, other economic … concepts are applied to food safety supply chains, such as, principal-agent theory and the economics of information. Authors …

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How Far Goods Travel : Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965-2020

Ganapati, Sharat; Wong, Woan Foong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

. Participation of emerging economies in world trade and longer-distance trade between countries contribute to this usage increase …

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Carbon Emissions Trading and Environmental Protection : International Evidence

Bai, Jennie; Ru, Hong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We study how the implementation of emissions trading systems (ETS) impacts emissions reductions and the usage of renewable energy using a panel sample of the largest 100 countries worldwide. Exploiting the cross-country variations in ETS implementations, we show that ETS adoption materially...

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Global Supply Chain Pressures, International Trade, and Inflation

Di Giovanni, Julian; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; Silva, Álvaro - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We study the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Euro Area inflation and how it compares to the experiences of other countries, such as the United States, over the two-year period 2020-21. Our model-based calibration exercises deliver four key results: 1) Compositional effects - the switch from...

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The Aggregate Effects of Global and Local Supply Chain Disruptions : 2020–2022

Alessandria, George A.; Khan, Shafaat Yar; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the aggregate effects of supply-chain disruptions in the post-pandemic period in a heterogeneous-firm, general equilibrium model with input-output linkages and a rich set of supply chain frictions: uncertain shipping delays, fixed order costs, and storage costs. Firms optimally hold...

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Risks in agricultural supply chains

Antràs, Pol (ed.); Zilberman, David (ed.) - National Bureau of Economic Research; USA / Economic … - 2023

"Climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the vulnerability of global agricultural supply and value chains. There is a growing awareness of the importance of interactions within and between these supply chains for understanding the performance of agricultural markets. This...

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Global Transportation Decarbonization

Rapson, David S.; Muehlegger, Erich - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

countries, it will face steep obstacles. In other sectors and in the developing world, it's not even in pole position. Global …

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Quantifying Climate Change Loss and Damage Consistent with a Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Burke, Marshall; Zahid, Mustafa; Diffenbaugh, Noah; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Climate change is generating demonstrable harm around the world. Political and legal efforts have sought to associate …

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Global Supply Chains : The Looming "Great Reallocation"

Alfaro, Laura; Chor, Davin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of US-China trade tensions, the Covid-19 pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We document shifts in the pattern of US participation in global value chains over the last four decades, in terms of partner countries, products, and...

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