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The Political Economy of Deforestation in the Tropics

Burgess, Robin - 2012

incentives of local bureaucrats and politicians who enforce forest policy may be critical to understanding tropical deforestation …Tropical deforestation accounts for almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and threatens the world …'s most diverse ecosystems. The prevalence of illegal forest extraction in the tropics suggests that understanding the …

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Overlapping Climate Policies

Perino, Grischa - 2019

Major carbon-pricing systems in Europe and North America involve multiple jurisdictions (countries or states). Individual jurisdictions often pursue additional initiatives—such as unilateral carbon price floors, legislation to phase out coal, aviation taxes or support programs for renewable...

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Global Melting? The Economics of Disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet

Nordhaus, William D. - 2018

Concerns about the impact on large-scale earth systems have taken center stage in the scientific and economic analysis of climate change. The present study analyzes the economic impact of a potential disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GIS). The method is to combine a small geophysical...

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Investor Rewards to Climate Responsibility : Evidence from the 2016 Climate Policy Shock

Ramelli, Stefano - 2018

Donald Trump's election and his nomination of Scott Pruitt, a climate skeptic, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency drastically downshifted expectations on US climate-change policy. We study firms' stock-price reactions and institutional investors' portfolio adjustments after these...

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Climate Royalty Surcharges

Prest, Brian C.; Stock, James H. - 2023

In 2019, production on federal lands comprised 40% of domestic coal, 22% of domestic oil, and 12% of domestic natural gas production. Currently, the federal fossil fuel leasing program does not consider the climate costs of burning federal fossil fuels. One way to do so is through a climate...

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Cross Country Fairness Considerations and Country Implications of Alternative Approaches to a Global Emission Reduction Regime

Tian, Huifang - 2012

The UNFCCC process of negotiating multilateral carbon emissions reductions thus far has focused on approximately equiproportional cuts in annual carbon emissions by country along the lines of the Kyoto Protocol agreement. But now, with the objective of involving large developing countries such...

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Climate Change Adaptation : Lessons from Urban Economics

Kahn, Matthew E. - 2014

In an urbanizing world economy featuring thousands of cities, households and firms have strong incentives to make locational investments and self protection choices to reduce their exposure to new climate change induced risks. This pursuit of self interest reduces the costs imposed by climate...

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Aiding Decision-Making to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change

Kunreuther, Howard - 2014

Utilizing theory and empirical insights from psychology and behavioral economics, this paper examines individuals' cognitive and motivational barriers to adopting climate change adaptation and mitigation measures that increase consumer welfare. We explore various strategies that take into...

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What We Know and Don't Know About Climate Change, and Implications for Policy

Pindyck, Robert S. - 2022

There is a lot we know about climate change, but there is also a lot we don't know. Even if we knew how much CO2 will be emitted over the coming decades, we wouldn't know how much temperatures will rise as a result. And even if we could predict the extent of warming that will occur, we can say...

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The Perception and Valuation of the Risks of Climate Change : A Rational and Behavioral Blend

Viscusi, W. Kip - 2012

Over 250 respondents--graduate students in law and public policy--assessed the risks of climate change and valued climate-change mitigation policies. Many aspects of their behavior were consistent with rational behavior. For example, respondents successfully estimated distributions of...

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