This essay makes the case that Canada should abandon the Kyoto accord and refuse to participate in any such future accords. The first part to the argument reviews some of the key uncertainties in climate science, which are of sufficient magnitude as to indicate that we may still be all wrong...

Recent studies of climate anomalies have highlghted an apparent upward trend at the surface and the relevance absence of such a trend in the troposhere, which conflicts with predictions from climate models. Time series estimation methods are used to evaluate linear and piecewise-linear trends in...

Recent studies of climate anomalies have highlghted an apparent upward trend at the surface and the relevance absence of such a trend in the troposhere, which conflicts with predictions from climate models. Time series estimation methods are used to evaluate linear and piecewise-linear trends in...

Two methods for pricing an externality -taxes and strict liability- are modeled as lobbying contests with endogenous numbers of participants. In the tax contest, a regulator is susceptible to lobbying by polluters and victims. Under liability, the court's view is affected by legal representation.

This essay makes the case that Canada should abandon the Kyoto accord and refuse to participate in any such future accords. The first part to the argument reviews some of the key uncertainties in climate science, which are of sufficient magnitude as to indicate that we may still be all wrong...

Two methods for pricing an externality -taxes and strict liability- are modeled as lobbying contests with endogenous numbers of participants. In the tax contest, a regulator is susceptible to lobbying by polluters and victims. Under liability, the court's view is affected by legal representation.