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Ecological Macroeconomics: Consumption, Investment, and Climate Change
Current macroeconomic theory is heavily oriented towards an assumption of continuous, exponential growth in GDP. The historical record shows GDP growth is strongly correlated with a parallel record of increasing fossil energy use and CO2 emissions. A path of reduced carbon emissions would require major modifications in economic growth patterns. Cli ...
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Jonathan M. Harris
Medford, MA: Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, Working Paper No. 08-02: July 2008
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
Economic and Environmental Costs of Climate Change
Quick 2-page fly-over of climate change science, economic costs, and state policy choices. A good introduction for someone who has not throught much abpout state roles.
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National Conference of State Legislatures and Center for Integrative Environmental Research. U. Maryland
Denver CO, and Washington, DC: National Conference of State Legislatures: 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
Economic Aspects of Adaptation to Climate Change: Costs, Benefits and Policy Instruments
Adaptation to climate change consists of deliberate actions undertaken to reduce the adverse consequences, as well as to harness any beneficial opportunities. A wide range of adaptation measures can be implemented in response to both observed and anticipated climate change. Such measures include altering farming practices and crop varieties, buildi ...
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Co-editors: Shardul Agrawala and Samuel Fankhauser. Co-authors: Florence Crick, David Hanrahan, Simon Jetté-Nantel, Gregory Pope, Jerry Skees, Chris Stephens, Alina Tepes and Shamima Yasmine
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: May, 28 2008
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
Economic Aspects of Global Warming in a Post-Copenhagen Environment
This study compares forecasted outcomes of emissions, climate change, and climate damages under different policy scenarios.Abstract:"The science of global warming has reached a consensus on the high likelihood of substantial warming over the coming century. However, nations have taken limited steps to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions since the ...
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William Nordhaus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Washington, DC: 29 June 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Economic Crisis Drives UNECE Region Wood Harvest to an All-time Low
This article discusses the global market for, and current all-time low in, the demand for wood and paper products. The U.S. is also discussed.
Excerpted from the text: "Consumption of wood and paper products fell by
11.6% in the UNECE region in 2009, the largest year-on-year drop since
the oil crisis of the 1970s, according to the UNECE/ ...
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Ed Pepke
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, August 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Economic Growth and Pollution in the Long Run: The Case of Carbon Dioxide
This paper discusses the Kuznets curve and low-emissions technologies.
Abstract:
"Does economic growth result in reduced pollution in the long run? In this paper, an extension of Andreoni and Levinson’s (2001) theoretical model is presented to demonstrate that an environmental Kuznets curve may be generated by increased abil ...
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Paul Burke
Environmental Economics Research Hub Research Reports, Canberra: 13 November 2008.
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists
Economic Impacts from the Promotion of Renewable Energy Technologies: The German Experience
From the Abstract:
"The allure of an environmentally benign, abundant, and cost-eff ective energy source
has led an increasing number of industrialized countries to back public financing of
renewable energies. Germany’s experience with renewable energy promotion is often
cited as a model to be replicated elsewhere, being based on a combination ...
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Manuel Frondel, Nolan Ritter, Christoph M. Schmidt, and Colin Vance
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Department of Economics Universitätsstr. Bochum, Germany, November 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member States
Economic Impacts of Comprehensive Climate and Energy Policy: National Climate Change Stakeholder Rec...
This policy maker summary from the Center for Climate Strategies outlines the findings of the center's macroeconomic study of the economic and environmental benefits of 23 energy, transportation, and natural resource state policies.
From the introduction:
"A new state of the art macroeconomic study by the Center for Clim ...
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Center for Climate Strategies
Washington, DC: April 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Economic Insights from Modeling Analyses of H.R. 2454 - the American Clean Energy and Security Act (...
This report reviews different studies modeling the environmental and economic effects of H.R. 2454.Executive Summary:"Economic models are an important tool for evaluating the potential impact of proposed legislation on our economy. This brief compares modeling analyses of the House-passed clean energy and climate bill (H.R. 2454) conducted by seven ...
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Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, VA: January 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists
Economic Stimulus, Recovery, and Climate Mitigation: Policy and Program Opportunities from the State...
Key Finding
"A review of 20 state climate action plans reveals that dozens of existing federal and hundreds of existing state and local programs could be effective vehicles for economic stimulus funding that would reduce emissions, create jobs, increase energy security and generate hundreds of millions of dollars in secondary economic stimul ...
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Washington, DC: Center for Climate Strategies. White Paper Draft for Discussion. December 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Economic Stimulus: The Case for “Green” Infrastructure, Energy Security and “Green” Jobs
A very thorough examination and review of the case for green energy and the resulting creation of millions of jobs globally between now and 2050. Many charts, diagrams, pie charts, and other visual organizers to help the reader assimilate all the information, which is organized according to the following Table of Contents:
Addressing the ...
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Deutche Bank Group
Deutsche Bank Group, November, 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Economic Thought and U.S. Climate Change Policy
From the MIT Press Website:
"The United States, once a world leader in
addressing international environmental challenges, became a vigorous
opponent of action on climate change over the past two decades,
repudiating regulation and promoting only ineffectual voluntary actions
to meet a growing global threat. Why has the United States ...
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David M. Driesen (Ed.)
MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists
Economics for a Warming World
This paper argues that new assumptions and analyses are needed in economics in
order to comprehend and respond to the problem of climate change. Part I briefly introduces
the reasons why climate change requires new and different policy analyses. Part II examines
the ways in which aspects of established economic theory impede rather than encou ...
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Frank Ackerman
post-autistic economics review, 44, pp. 2-18: December 9, 2007
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
Economics of climate change - Encyclopedia of Earth
The site is an "electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society...free, fully searchable collection of articles"
The essays, including the one on the economics of climate change, are all peer reviewed by recog nized experts in the field, but written for a generalist reader with lots of hotl ...
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November 7, 2008
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For the Public
Economists & Climate Change: Consensus and Open Questions
This study "describes and analyzes the results of a survey sent to 289 economic
experts on climate change. The pool was selected from authors of
research published in one of the top twenty-five economic journals.
Over 84% of the respondents to the poll said that the effects of global
warming will create significant risks to important sectors ...
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Holladay, J. Scott ,Jonathan Horne and Jason A Schwartz
NY, NY: Institute for Public Integrity, NYU School of Law, Policy Brief No. 5, November 2009
Objectives: Evaluating Proposals,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Economists Warn of a Climate Trade War
"These days, screwing with the environment could cost you: The failed summit in Copenhagen has spawned the idea for a carbon surcharge in global trade. Just how serious are the threats from Western politicians against China & Co.? International lawyers and environmental economists are skeptical."
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Markus Becker and Christoph Seidler
Speigel Online International, December 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Effects Of Walkability On Property Values And Investment Returns
From the Abstract:
“The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of walkability on property values and investment returns. Walkability is the degree to which an area within walking distance of a property encourages walking for recreational or functional purposes. It is of particular concern to developers, investors and others interested in ...
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Gary Pivo and Jeffrey D. Fisher
Responsible Property Investing Center, Boston College And University Of Arizona, 8/4/2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For the Public
Efficient Emissions Reduction
This paper proposes an international emissions reduction mechanism that uses competition between different nations.
Abstract:
"We propose a simple mechanism capable of achieving international agreement on averting the threat of global warming. It employs a contest creating incentives among participating nations to exert both ...
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Béatrice Roussillon and Paul Schweinzer
The University of Manchester, Economics Discussion Paper Series 1004, Manchester: March 2010
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
Electric Vehicle Policy For the Midwest – A Scoping Document
From the Executive Summary:
"In the last three years the transportation sector has witnessed a revolutionary
upheaval. Car sales plummeted, with the most dramatic declines occurring in
light truck sales. Two of the three big U.S. car companies declared bankruptcy. The
federal government and California imposed significant efficiency stand ...
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John Bailey and David Morris
New Rules Project, Minneapolis, MN, USA, December 2009
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Electricity Production with Intermittent Sources of Energy
This paper discusses pricing structures for intermittent energy supplies such as wind and solar.
Abstract:
"The paper analyzes the interaction between a reliable source of electricity production and intermittent sources such as wind or solar power. We first characterize the first-best dispatch and investment in the two types ...
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Stefan Ambec and Claude Crampes
LERNA, University of Toulouse, Working Paper 10.07.313, Toulouse: 24 March 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists
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