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The Luck of the Development Draw : Environmental Volatility and the Takeoff to Modern Economic Growth

McDermott, Thomas K. J. - 2013

developed first, and which have lagged behind. An obvious potential source of “good vs bad draws” is environmental volatility … agricultural output.We use climate data and a finite mixture model - taking account of the bi-modality of the world income … distribution - to test the effect of environmental volatility on comparative economic development. Using this approach, we find …

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Risk-return incentives in liberalised electricity markets

Lynch, Muireann Á.; Shortt, Aonghus; Tol, Richard S. J.; … - In: Energy economics 40 (2013), pp. 598-608

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Economic analysis of land use in global climate change policy

Hertel, Thomas W. (ed.); Rose, Steven (contributor); … - 2009 - 1. publ.

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Water scarcity and the impact of improved irrigation management : a CGE analysis

Calzadilla, Alvaro (contributor); … - 2008

We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The new production structure of the model, which introduces a differentiation between rainfed and irrigated crops, allows a better understanding of the use of water resources in...

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The economic impact of climate change

Tol, Richard S. J. (contributor) - 2008

I review the literature on the economic impacts of climate change, an externality that is unprecedentedly large, complex, and uncertain. Only 14 estimates of the total damage cost of climate change have been published, a research effort that is in sharp contrast to the urgency of the public...

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The direct impact of climate change on regional labour productivity

Kjellström, Tord; Kovats, R. Sari; Lloyd, Simon J.; … - 2008

Global climate change will increase outdoor and indoor heat loads, and may impair health and productivity for millions of working people. This study applies physiological evidence about effects of heat, climate guidelines for safe work environments, climate modelling and global distributions of...