Don Fullerton and Catherine Wolfram (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226269146
- eISBN:
- 9780226921983
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226921983.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Environmental Politics
Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences of global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce ...
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Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences of global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. As nations work to develop climate policies, economic insights into their design and implementation are ever more important. With a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches, this book looks at the possible effects of various climate policies on a range of economic outcomes. The studies that comprise the book examine topics which include the coordination—or lack thereof—between the federal and state governments, the implications of monitoring and enforcing climate policy, and the specific consequences of various climate policies for the agricultural, automotive, and buildings sectors.Less
Economic research on climate change has been crucial in advancing our understanding of the consequences of global warming as well as the costs and benefits of the various policies that might reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. As nations work to develop climate policies, economic insights into their design and implementation are ever more important. With a balance between theoretical and empirical approaches, this book looks at the possible effects of various climate policies on a range of economic outcomes. The studies that comprise the book examine topics which include the coordination—or lack thereof—between the federal and state governments, the implications of monitoring and enforcing climate policy, and the specific consequences of various climate policies for the agricultural, automotive, and buildings sectors.