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Global warming and the Asian Pacific / edited by Ching-Cheng Chang, Robert Mendelsohn, Daigee Shaw.
Van Pelt Library QC981.8.G56 G575 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Academia studies in Asian economies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Global warming.
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric--East Asia.
- Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
- Carbon monoxide--Environmental aspects--East Asia.
- Carbon monoxide.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects--East Asia.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Economic aspects.
- Carbon monoxide--Environmental aspects.
- East Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 Global warming and the Asian Pacific / Ching-Cheng Chang, Daigee Shaw, Robert Mendelsohn 1
- Part I Baseline Emissions
- 2 Forecasting carbon dioxide emissions in Vietnam / Vu Xuan Quang 13
- 3 Baseline forecasting for greenhouse gas reductions in Taiwan: a dynamic CGE analysis / Ping-Cheng Li, Shih-Hsun Hsu, Chung-Huang Huang, Hsing-Hua Lin 35
- 4 Forecasting baseline CO 2 emissions in Japan / Masahiro Kuroda, Koji Nomura 60
- 5 Analysis of economic and environmental interdependency in East Asian countries / Hikaru Sakuramoto, Kozo Ishida, Masahiko Shimizu, Ayu Washizu, Naoko Takenada 75
- Part II Abatement Costs
- 6 Effect of energy tax on CO 2 emissions and economic development in Taiwan, 1999-2020 / Chi-Yuan Liang, Dale W. Jorgenson 105
- 7 Impact of carbon tax and reduced CO 2 emissions on the Chinese economy: a static CGE analysis / Yuxin Zheng, Gang Ma 131
- 8 Cost of reducing CO 2 emissions in Japan / Masahiro Kuroda, Koji Nomura 153
- 9 Greenhouse gas mitigation through energy crops in the US with implications for Asian Pacific countries / Uwe A. Schneider, Bruce A. McCarl 168
- Part III Warming Impacts
- 10 Climate change and crop yield distribution in Taiwan / Ching-Cheng Chang, Chi-Chung Chen 187
- 11 Will global warming cause heat stress? / Robert Mendelsohn, Daigee Shaw 205
- 12 The impact of climate change on Asian Pacific countries / Robert Mendelsohn 217
- Part IV Policy Instruments
- 13 Reducing cost uncertainty and encouraging ratification of the Kyoto Protocol / Raymond Kopp, Richard Morgenstern, William Pizer, Frederic Ghersi 231
- 14 A better alternative to the Kyoto Protocol / Warwick J. McKibbin 247
- 15 Joint Implementation, the Clean Development Mechanism and the baseline: an economic analysis / Ekko C. van Ierland, Rianne de Leeuw, Joram Krozer 258
- 16 Economic issues related to design of a domestic permit trading system / Carolyn Fischer 278.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1843764199
- OCLC:
- 51992417
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