The design of climate policy / edited by Roger Guesnerie and Henry Tulkens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guesnerie, R.

Tulkens, Henry.

CESifo.

Series:

CESifo seminar series.

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes--Government policy.

Climatic changes.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leading international economists offer theoretical quantitative, and policy perspectives on climate policy in this text.

Contents:

Contents; Series Foreword; Contributors; 1 Synopsis of the Book; I Design of Climate Institutions; 2 Improving on Kyoto; 3 The Design of Post-Kyoto Climate Schemes; 4 Design of Climate Change Policies; 5 Untying the Climate-Development Gordian Knot; II Stability of Outcomes; 6 Transfer Schemes and Institutional Changes for Sustainable Global Climate Treaties; 7 Parallel Climate Blocs; 8 Cooperation, Stability, and Self-enforcement in International Environmental Agreements; 9 Heterogeneity of Countries in Negotiations of International Environmental Agreements; III Policy Design

10 Economics versus Climate Change11 Economics versus Climate Change: A Comment; 12 Absolute versus Intensity Limits for CO2 Emission Control; 13 On Multi-period Allocation of Tradable Emission Permits; 14 Optimal Sequestration Policy with a Ceiling on the Stock of Carbon in the Atmosphere; IV Models and Policies; 15 Mind the Rate!; 16 Leakage from Climate Policies and Border-Tax Adjustment; 17 The Global Warming Potential Paradox; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-27450-7

1-4356-9987-4

OCLC:

310913394