Valuing climate change : the economics of the greenhouse /

Valuing climate change : the economics of the greenhouse /

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Author / Creator:	Fankhauser, Samuel.
Imprint:	London : Earthscan, 1995.
Description:	xiv, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Global warming -- Economic aspects. Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects. Global warming -- Economic aspects. Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric -- Economic aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3958483

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Other authors / contributors:	Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment. Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain)
ISBN:	1853832375
Notes:	"ESRC." "CSERGE." Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University College London. Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-175) and index.

Table of Contents:

Economics and climate change
Overview: global warming damage
The economic costs of CO2 concentration doubling
The marginal social costs per unit emitted
The case of sea level rise
Greenhouse gas abatement
Policy instruments and carbon tax Discounting
The optimal policy response to global warming ?
International cooperation
Conclusions: Open questions and state of the art