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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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possibility of catastrophe, since we are unable to evaluate a risk averse representative agent's expected utility when there is …
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possibility of catastrophe, since we are unable to evaluate a risk averse representative agent's expected utility when there is …
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Suppose that there is a probability density function for how bad things might get, but that the overall rate at which this probability density function slims down to approach zero in the tail is uncertain. The paper shows how a basic precautionary principle of tail fattening could then apply....
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if the accumulated stock of pollutants is on the threshold of a worldwide catastrophe. In this context dominated by …
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possibility of catastrophe, since we are unable to evaluate a risk averse representative agent's expected utility when there is …
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If the threshold that triggers climate catastrophe is known with certainty, and the benefits of avoiding catastrophe … net benefits of avoiding catastrophe are lower, treaties typically fail to help countries cooperate to avoid catastrophe …, sustaining only modest cuts in emissions. These results are unaffected by uncertainty about the impact of catastrophe. By …
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utility (MU) goes to negative infinite faster than the rate at which the probability of catastrophe goes to zero, and for the …
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To what extent does economic analysis of climate change depend on low-probability, high-impact events? This question has received a great deal of attention lately, with the contention increasingly made that climate damage could be so large that societal willingness to pay to avoid extreme...
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The property catastrophe reinsurance industry faces a major challenge. Since 1989, climatic volatility has produced … financial instruments that can be successfully used to hedge unknown catastrophe risks. …
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