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Autore: | Bartos Gregory N |
Titolo: | Economics of policy options to address climate change / / Gregory N. Bartos |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (100 p.) |
Disciplina: | 363.738/746 |
Soggetto topico: | Greenhouse gas mitigation - Economic aspects - United States |
Greenhouse gas mitigation - Law and legislation - Economic aspects - United States | |
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - United States | |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects - United States | |
Greenhouse gas mitigation - Economic aspects | |
Greenhouse gas mitigation - Law and legislation - Economic aspects | |
Climatic changes - Environmental aspects | |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [59]-69) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- ECONOMICS OF POLICY OPTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- ECONOMICS OF POLICY OPTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CORRESPONDENCE -- Chapter 1 RESULTS IN BRIEF* -- Chapter 2 BACKGROUND -- MITIGATING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- ADAPTATION POLICIES TO REDUCE VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE -- ESTIMATING THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE CONGRESS -- Chapter 3 DESPITE SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, ALL OF THE PANELISTS SUPPORTED ESTABLISHING A PRICE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS -- ALL OF THE PANELISTS AGREED THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A PRICE ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND THE MAJORITY RECOMMENDED COMPLEMENTARY POLICIES -- PANELISTS DESCRIBED THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE -- PANELISTS RATED ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AS MORE USEFUL THAN ESTIMATES OF BENEFITS, CITING UNCERTAINTIES ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE IMPACTS -- THE MAJORITY OF PANELISTS SAID THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BEGIN TO CONTROL EMISSIONS SOON, REGARDLESS OF INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION -- Chapter 4 THE PANELISTS' VIEWS ON THE STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF POLICY OPTIONS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CERTAINTY OF A CAP-AND-TRADE SYSTEM VERSUS THE EFFICIENCY OF A TAX ON EMISSIONS -- PANELISTS RATED THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING POLICY OPTIONS -- THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADE-OFFS ARE BETWEEN THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF CAP-AND-TRADE SYSTEMS AND THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF TAXES -- THE PANELISTS VIEWED OTHER POLICY OPTIONS LESS FAVORABLY BUT CITED THEIR POTENTIAL AS A COMPLEMENT TO A MARKET-BASED MECHANISM -- APPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY. |
APPENDIX II: SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF PANELISTS' PREFERRED POLICY OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE -- APPENDIX III: SELECTED QUESTIONS AND EXPERT RESPONSES -- APPENDIX IV: PANEL OF EXPERTS -- APPENDIX V: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED LITERATURE REVIEWED BY GAO -- ENDNOTES -- INDEX -- Blank Page. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Economics of policy options to address climate change |
ISBN: | 1-61728-382-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827240003321 |
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