International Environmental Agreements on Climate Change - Economics, Energy and Environment 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The Structure of International Environmental Agreements; C. Carraro. 3. Negotiating Greenhouse Abatement and the Theory of Public Goods; M. Hinchy, B. S. Fisher. 4. CO2 Concentration Limits, The Costs and Benefits of Control, and the Potential for International Agreement; S. C. Peck, T. J. Teisberg. 5. Necessary Conditions for Stabilization Agreements; Z. Yang, H. D. Jacoby. 6. Burden Sharing, Joint Implementation, and Carbon Coalitions; G. W. Harrison, T. F. Rutherford. 7. On Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations - Cost-Effective Emission Reduction Strategies; A. Manne, R. Richels. 8. Exploring a Technology Strategy for Stabilizing Atmospheric CO2; J. Edmonds, M. Wise. 9. Economic Impacts of Multilateral Emission Reduction Policies - Simulations with WorldScan; J. C. Bollen, A. M. Gielen. 10. The Optimal Timing of Greenhouse Gas Emission Abatement, Individual Rationality and Intergenerational Equity; R. Tol. 11. Implications of Emissions Limitations Protocols and Concentration Stabilization Trajectories for Developing (Non-annex I) Countries; P. R. Shukla. 12. Additionality, Transactional Barriers and the Political Economy of Climate Change; T. C. Heller. Index. Publisher Marketing: The book first offers a theoretical framework for understanding the features of international agreements on climate, then shows different integrated assessment modelling approaches designed to analyse the impact of possible agreements of emissions abatement and the related costs.

Contributor Bio:  Carraro, Carlo Carlo Carraro is a professor of environmental economics at the University of Venice and research director of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. Gilbert E. Metcalf is a professor of economics at Tufts University and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.