Valuing climate change mitigation : applying state preferences in the presence of uncertainty / Sonia Akter, Jeff Bennett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akter, Sonia.

Contributor:

Bennett, Jeff, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Climate change mitigation--Economic aspects.

Climate change mitigation.

Uncertainty.

Physical Description:

x, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Applying stated preferences in the presence of uncertainty

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2012]

Summary:

Akter (economics, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, Germany) and Bennett (environmental management, The Australian National U.) assess the impact of introducing the issue of uncertainty into stated-preference valuations of climate change mitigation (mainly efforts involving carbon taxes or carbon emissions trading schemes). They assess the influence of three types of uncertainty--scenario uncertainty, policy uncertainty, and preference uncertainty--on stated preference value estimates and seek to identify the sources of preference uncertainty for climate change mitigation. Their research findings are tested against the case of Australia, which has just recently legislated a carbon tax. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Climate change and uncertainty

Uncertainty and stated preference techniques : a conceptual overview

Uncertainty and stated preference techniques in practice

Data

Public perceptions, understanding and knowledge of climate change

Climate change uncertainty and contingent valuation welfare estimates

The role of global cooperation

Climate change uncertainty and choice experiment welfare estimates

Determinants of preference uncertainty

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781003329

1781003327

9781781003336

1781003335

OCLC:

792747971