LEADER 05286nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910819766803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-36265-1 010 $a9786613362650 010 $a0-226-47990-0 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226479903 035 $a(CKB)2550000000073720 035 $a(EBL)836909 035 $a(OCoLC)772845747 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000554656 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12251591 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000554656 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517447 035 $a(PQKB)11218502 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000115671 035 $a(DE-B1597)523856 035 $a(OCoLC)768569775 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226479903 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL836909 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519582 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL336265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC836909 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000073720 100 $a20100831d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe economics of climate change$b[electronic resource] $eadaptations past and present /$fedited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (365 p.) 225 1 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-47988-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aClimate change: adaptations in historical perspective / Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel -- Additive damages, fat-tailed climate dynamics, and uncertain discounting / Martin L. Weitzman -- Modeling the impact of warming in climate change economics / Robert S. Pindyck -- Droughts, floods and financial distress in the United States / John Landon-Lane, Hugh Rockoff, and Richard H. Steckel -- The effects of weather shocks on crop prices in unfettered markets: the United States prior to the farm programs, 1895-1932 / Jonathan Fox, Price V. Fishback, and Paul W. Rhode -- Information and the impact of climate and weather on mortality rates during the Great Depression / Price V. Fishback, Werner Troesken, Trevor Kollmann, Michael Haines, Paul W. Rhode and Melissa Thomasson -- Responding to climatic challenges: lessons from U.S. agricultural development / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- The impact of the 1936 corn-belt drought on american farmers' adoption of hybrid corn / Richard Sutch -- The evolution of heat tolerance of corn: implications for climate change / Michael J. Roberts and Wolfram Schlenker -- Climate variability and water infrastructure: historical experience in the western United States / Zeynep K. Hansen, Gary D. Libecap, and Scott E. Lowe -- Did Frederick Brodie discover the world's first environmental Kuznets Curve? Coal smoke and the rise and fall of the London fog / Karen Clay and Werner Troesken -- Impacts of climate change on residential electricity consumption: evidence from billing data / Anin Aroonruengsawat and Maximilian Auffhammer. 330 $aWhile debates over the consequences of climate change are often pessimistic, historical data from the past two centuries indicate many viable opportunities for responding to potential changes. This volume takes a close look at the ways in which economies-particularly that of the United States-have adjusted to the challenges climate change poses, including institutional features that help insulate the economy from shocks, new crop varieties, irrigation, flood control, and ways of extending cultivation to new geographic areas. These innovations indicate that people and economies have considerable capacity to acclimate, especially when private gains complement public benefits. Options for adjusting to climate change abound, and with improved communication and the emergence of new information and technologies, the potential for adaptation will be even greater in the future. 410 0$aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report. 606 $aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects$vCongresses 606 $aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States$vCongresses 606 $aEcology$xEconomic aspects$vCongresses 607 $aUnited States$xEnvironmental conditions$xEconomic aspects$vCongresses 610 $aeconomy, economic, economist, climatology, global warming, history, historical, contemporary, modern, science, scientific, pessimistic, data, change, united states, usa, america, american, crops, irrigation, flooding, geography, geographic, adaptation, alternative energy, essay collection, drought, flood, finance, financial, farming, mortality, consumption, residential, renewable, conservation. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aClimatic changes$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aEcology$xEconomic aspects 676 $a333.71/4 701 $aLibecap$b Gary D$0120425 701 $aSteckel$b Richard H$g(Richard Hall),$f1944-$01620587 712 02$aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819766803321 996 $aThe economics of climate change$94073692 997 $aUNINA