The economics of climate change [[electronic resource] ] : adaptations past and present / / edited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.71/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LibecapGary D
SteckelRichard H <1944-> (Richard Hall) |
Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States Ecology - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-36265-1
9786613362650 0-226-47990-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Climate 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457671303321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 | ||
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The economics of climate change [[electronic resource] ] : adaptations past and present / / edited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.71/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LibecapGary D
SteckelRichard H <1944-> (Richard Hall) |
Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States Ecology - Economic aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | economy, 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 |
ISBN |
1-283-36265-1
9786613362650 0-226-47990-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Climate 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781548403321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 | ||
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The economics of climate change [[electronic resource] ] : adaptations past and present / / edited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.71/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LibecapGary D
SteckelRichard H <1944-> (Richard Hall) |
Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects
Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States Ecology - Economic aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | economy, 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 |
ISBN |
1-283-36265-1
9786613362650 0-226-47990-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Climate 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819766803321 |
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011 | ||
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Health and welfare during industrialization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard H. Steckel and Roderick Floud |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/33621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SteckelRichard H <1944-> (Richard Hall)
FloudRoderick |
Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research project report |
Soggetto topico |
Public health - Economic aspects
Industrialization - Health aspects Quality of life Stature - Economic aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-43111-7
9786611431112 0-226-77159-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators -- 2. Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States -- 3. Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980 -- 4. Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden! -- 5. Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990 -- 6. Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920 -- 7. Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 -- 8. Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Württemberg -- 9. Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century -- 10. Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940 -- 11. Conclusions -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458358103321 |
Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1997 | ||
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Health and welfare during industrialization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard H. Steckel and Roderick Floud |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/33621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SteckelRichard H <1944-> (Richard Hall)
FloudRoderick |
Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research project report |
Soggetto topico |
Public health - Economic aspects
Industrialization - Health aspects Quality of life Stature - Economic aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | inequality, education, real wages, per capita income, quality of life, industrialization, australia, japan, germany, france, the netherlands, sweden, britain, united states, body mass index, mortality, standard living, public health, economic growth, welfare, height, gender, women, poverty, modernization, wurttemberg, nonfiction, economics |
ISBN |
1-281-43111-7
9786611431112 0-226-77159-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators -- 2. Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States -- 3. Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980 -- 4. Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden! -- 5. Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990 -- 6. Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920 -- 7. Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 -- 8. Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Württemberg -- 9. Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century -- 10. Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940 -- 11. Conclusions -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784792803321 |
Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1997 | ||
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Health and welfare during industrialization [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Richard H. Steckel and Roderick Floud |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1997 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (478 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.4/33621 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SteckelRichard H <1944-> (Richard Hall)
FloudRoderick |
Collana | National Bureau of Economic Research project report |
Soggetto topico |
Public health - Economic aspects
Industrialization - Health aspects Quality of life Stature - Economic aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | inequality, education, real wages, per capita income, quality of life, industrialization, australia, japan, germany, france, the netherlands, sweden, britain, united states, body mass index, mortality, standard living, public health, economic growth, welfare, height, gender, women, poverty, modernization, wurttemberg, nonfiction, economics |
ISBN |
1-281-43111-7
9786611431112 0-226-77159-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Standard of Living Debate in International Perspective: Measures and Indicators -- 2. Long-Term Trends in Health, Welfare, and Economic Growth in the United States -- 3. Health, Height, and Welfare: Britain, 1700-1980 -- 4. Was Industrialization Hazardous to Your Health? Not in Sweden! -- 5. Economic Welfare and Physical Well-Being in France, 1750-1990 -- 6. Health and Welfare of Women in the United Kingdom, 1785-1920 -- 7. Differential Structure, Differential Health: Industrialization in Japan, 1868-1940 -- 8. Heights and Living Standards in Germany, 1850-1939: The Case of Württemberg -- 9. Paradoxes of Modernization and Material Well-Being in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century -- 10. Height, Health, and Economic Growth in Australia, 1860-1940 -- 11. Conclusions -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817930603321 |
Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1997 | ||
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