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Top-down climate negotiations embodied by the Kyoto Protocol have all but stalled, chiefly because of disagreements over targets and objections to financial transfers. To avoid those problems, many…
27 November 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenA driving restriction policy, as one of the control-and-command rationing measures, is a politically acceptable policy tool to address traffic congestion and air pollution in some countries and cities…
2 October 2014 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaThe optimal provision of a state-variable public good, where the global climate is the prime example, is analyzed in a model where people care about their relative consumption. We consider both…
1 October 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenWe live at a unique moment in history when rapid economic growth has finally lifted hundreds of millions out of deep poverty, not only in Asia and Latin America but increasingly in Africa (Sala-i…
22 September 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenClimate change is one of the most important challenges facing the world in general and Africa in particular. This article examines economic costs of climate change and climate finance with a focus on…
30 August 2014 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaThe European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is so far the largest emissions trading system in the world. A rigorous ex post empirical analysis of the scheme is presented. The effect of the…
28 August 2014 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis paper examines the impact of climate change on poor households across South Africa who practice subsistence farming to supplement their household income and dietary requirements. We consider…
21 July 2014 | Peer Reviewed | South AfricaWeather fluctuations tend to be as important as climate change in farmers’ decision making in countries such as Ethiopia that have virtually no weather insurance. This paper assesses the distinct…
21 July 2014 | EfD Discussion Paper | EthiopiaThe bulk of existing work on the statistical forecasting of air quality is based on either neural networks or linear regressions, which are both subject to important drawbacks. In particular, while…
1 July 2014 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden