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UNINA9910781976603321 |
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Pearson Charles S. |
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Titolo |
Economics and the challenge of global warming / / Charles S. Pearson [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-139-14028-0 |
1-107-22887-5 |
1-283-31522-X |
1-139-13959-2 |
9786613315229 |
0-511-98464-2 |
1-139-14537-1 |
1-139-14117-1 |
1-139-13804-9 |
1-139-14205-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Climatic changes - Economic aspects |
Global warming - Economic aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction and a roadmap -- 1. Climate change: background information -- 2. The role of benefit cost in climate policy -- 3. Discounting and social weighting (aggregating over time and space) -- 4. Empirical estimates: a tasting menu -- 5. Strategic responses -- 6. Targets and tools -- 7. Trade and global warming -- 8. The challenge of international cooperation -- 9. Beyond Kyoto -- 10. A summing-up. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Economics and the Challenge of Global Warming is a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the role of economics in confronting global warming, the central environmental issue of the twenty-first century. It avoids a technical exposition in order to reach a wide audience and is up to date in its theoretical and empirical underpinnings. It is addressed to all who have some knowledge of economic concepts and |
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