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Climate change and common sense : essays in honour of Tom Schelling / edited by Robert Hahn and Alistair Ulph.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: xiv, 279 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780199692873 (hbk.)
  • 0199692874 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.927 23 CLI
Contents:
Thinking through the climate change challenge / Robert W. Hahn and Alastair Ulph -- Norms, conventions, and institutions to cope with climate change / Tom Schelling -- Credible commitments, focal points, and tipping : the strategy of climate treaty design / Scott Barrett -- Tipping climate negotiations / Geoffrey Heal and Howard Kunreuther -- Bridging reality and the theory of international environmental agreements / Charles D. Kolstad -- The cost of ambiguity and robustness in international pollution control / Anastasios Xepapadeas -- Time and the generations / Partha Dasgupta -- Discounting while treating generations equally / Geir B. Asheim -- Emerging markets and climate change : Mexican stand-off or low carbon race? / David J. Frame and Cameron J. Hepburn -- Moving US climate policy forward : are carbon taxes the only good alternative? / Ian Parry and Roberton C. Williams III -- Carbon taxes and the green paradox / Michael Hoel -- Derivative markets for pollution permits and incentives to innovate / Linda R. Cohen and Amihai Glazer -- Development and climate adaptation / Robert Mendelsohn -- Schelling's conjecture on climate and development : a test / David Anthoff and Richard S.J. Tol.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW;
1. Thinking through the Climate Change Challenge;

PART I: GETTING NATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER;
2. Norms, Conventions, and Institutions to Cope with Climate Change;
3. Credible Commitments, Focal Points, and Tipping: The Strategy of Climate Treaty Design;
4. Tipping Climate Negotiations;
5. Bridging Reality and the Theory of International Environmental Agreements;
6. The Cost of Ambiguity and Robustness in International Pollution Control;

PART II: ETHICAL AND DISTRIBUTIONAL CONCERNS;
7. Time and the Generations;
8. Discounting While Treating Generations Equally;
9. Emerging Markets and Climate Change: Mexican Standoff or Low-carbon Race?;


PART III: APPROACHES TO DESIGNING MORE EFFICIENT POLICIES;
10. Moving US Climate Policy Forward: Are Carbon Taxes the Only Good Alternative?;
11. Carbon Taxes and the Green Paradox;
12. Derivative Markets for Pollution Permits and Incentives to Innovate;
13. Development and Climate Adaptation;
14. Schelling's Conjecture on Climate and Development: A Test

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking through the climate change challenge / Robert W. Hahn and Alastair Ulph -- Norms, conventions, and institutions to cope with climate change / Tom Schelling -- Credible commitments, focal points, and tipping : the strategy of climate treaty design / Scott Barrett -- Tipping climate negotiations / Geoffrey Heal and Howard Kunreuther -- Bridging reality and the theory of international environmental agreements / Charles D. Kolstad -- The cost of ambiguity and robustness in international pollution control / Anastasios Xepapadeas -- Time and the generations / Partha Dasgupta -- Discounting while treating generations equally / Geir B. Asheim -- Emerging markets and climate change : Mexican stand-off or low carbon race? / David J. Frame and Cameron J. Hepburn -- Moving US climate policy forward : are carbon taxes the only good alternative? / Ian Parry and Roberton C. Williams III -- Carbon taxes and the green paradox / Michael Hoel -- Derivative markets for pollution permits and incentives to innovate / Linda R. Cohen and Amihai Glazer -- Development and climate adaptation / Robert Mendelsohn -- Schelling's conjecture on climate and development : a test / David Anthoff and Richard S.J. Tol.

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