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rulings at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) are uncertain. We find that higher uncertainty about the preferences of the ECJ …
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risk preferences. Here, we develop an analogous tool for choice under uncertainty – the ambiguity triangle – and show that …
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is comparable to numeric models used in policy advising. Uncertainty surrounding climate change remains large. The closed …-form expressions of welfare loss from shocks and epistemological uncertainty identify the interaction of (intertemporal) risk attitude …, distributional moments, and the climatic shadow values. Welfare gains from reducing uncertainty about temperature feedbacks are much …
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taxes on investment timing under uncertainty and irreversibility and the propensity to carry out risky projects. Using a …
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This paper finds a link between the sharp drop in U.S. manufacturing employment beginning in 2001 and a change in U.S. trade policy that eliminated potential tariff increases on Chinese imports. Industries where the threat of tariff hikes declines the most experience more severe employment...
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This paper considers investments in cost-reducing technology in the context of contributions to climate protection. Contributions to mitigating climate change are analyzed in a two-period model where later contributions can be based on better information, but delaying the contribution to the...
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uncertainty about the effects of increased greenhouse gas concentrations on climate. Criticisms of this controversial result fall …
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According to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, global collective action is needed to stabilize “greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous [our emphasis] anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” The Framework Convention thus...
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prices versus tradable quantities in terms of expected welfare, given uncertainty, optimal policy and endogenous cost …
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This paper analyses the formation of international environmental agreements (IEAs) under uncertainty, focusing on the … of IEA formation when countries are risk neutral and another that explores the implications of uncertainty and risk …
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