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02886aam a2200397 a 4500 001 9F79076209D711E183938E966AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20111108010158 008 110408s2011 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2011015311 020 $a 1107649072 (pbk.) 020 $a 9781107649071 (pbk.) 020 $a 1107011515 020 $a 9781107011519 035 $a (OCoLC)713834742 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QC903 $b .P395 2011 082 00 $a 363.738/74 $2 22 084 $a BUS099000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Pearson, Charles S. 245 1 $a Economics and the challenge of global warming / $c Charles S. Pearson. 260 $a Cambridge ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2011. 300 $a xi, 231 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "Economics and the Challenge of Global Warming is a balanced and comprehensive analysis of the role of economics in confronting global warming, the central environmental issue of the twenty-first century. It avoids a technical exposition in order to reach a wide audience and is up to date in its theoretical and empirical underpinnings. It is addressed to all who have some knowledge of economic concepts and a serious interest in how economics can (and cannot) help in crafting climate policy. The book is organized around three central questions. First, can benefit-cost analysis guide us in setting warming targets? Second, what strategies and policies are cost-effective? Third, and most difficult, can a global agreement be forged between rich and poor, North and South? While economic concepts are foremost in the analysis, they are placed within an accessible ethical and political matrix. The book serves as a primer for the post-Kyoto era"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: Introduction and a roadmap; 1. Climate change: background information; 2. The role of cost benefit in climate policy; 3. Discounting and social weighting (aggregating over time and space); 4. Empirical results: a tasting menu; 5. Strategic responses; 6. Targets and tools; 7. Trade and global warming; 8. The challenge of international cooperation; 9. Beyond Kyoto; 10. A summing up. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Global warming $x Economic aspects. 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011015311-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011015311-d.html 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1110/2011015311-t.html 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20211005013719.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20120127010522.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9F79076209D711E183938E966AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search