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Book SynopsisContains scenarios of geophysical and economic impacts from global warming beyond a doubling of greenhouse gases. This work examines geophysical, ecological, and economic impacts, alternative scenarios with and without policy intervention, institutional change, political-economic barriers to effective policy, and prescriptions for change.
Trade ReviewReview of Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources: Volume 1: ...If there are any other scholars or students perusing a similar applied investigation of marginal cost water rates, you should delay any further literature review until after you read Advances in the Economics of Environmental Resources: Marginal Cost Rate Design and Wholesale Water Markets. ...Hall has put together a much needed reference that I would highly recommend to my peers involved in water resources research and to practitioners at water utilities of any size. American Journal of Agricutural Economics D.C. Hall ...Eleven essays advance the economic analysis of climate change by focusing on key assumptions that are implicit in most existing studies and making explicit connections between policy choices and economic outcomes. Journal of Economic Literature
Table of ContentsBeyond a doubling: issues in the long-term economics of climate change (R.B. Howarth, D.C. Hall). Integrated assessment models of climate change: beyond a doubling of CO2 (S.H. Schneider, K. Kunstz-Duriseti). Evaluating a regional adaptation to climate change: the case of California water (B.M. Haddad, K. Merritt). Climate variability and climate change: implications for agriculture (R.M. Adams et al.). Ocean thermal lag and comparative dynamics of damage to agriculture from global warming (D.C. Hall). Complexity in organizations: consequences for climate policy analysis (S.J. DeCanio et al.). Technology and greenhouse gas emissions: an integrated scenario analysis using the LBNL-NEMS model (J.G. Koomey et al.). Prices versus policy: which path to clean technology? (E. Goodstein). Energy efficiency and petroleum depletion in climate change policy (N. Khanna, D. Chapman). The clean development mechanism and its controversies (L. Karp, X. Liu). Overlapping generations versus infinitely-lived agent: the case of global warming (R. Gerlagh, B.C.C. van der Zwaan). Climate rights and economic modeling (R.B. Howarth).
