Bibliograph

The economics of climate change, adaptations past and present, edited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel

Type

Label

The economics of climate change, adaptations past and present, edited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The economics of climate change

Oclc number

661184612

Responsibility statement

edited by Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel

Series statement

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Sub title

adaptations past and present

Table Of Contents

Climate change: adaptations in historical perspective / Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel -- Additive damages, fat-tailed climate dynamics, and uncertain discounting / Martin L. Weitzman -- Modeling the impact of warming in climate change economics / Robert S. Pindyck -- Droughts, floods and financial distress in the United States / John Landon-Lane, Hugh Rockoff, and Richard H. Steckel -- The effects of weather shocks on crop prices in unfettered markets: the United States prior to the farm programs, 1895-1932 / Jonathan Fox, Price V. Fishback, and Paul W. Rhode -- Information and the impact of climate and weather on mortality rates during the Great Depression / Price V. Fishback, Werner Troesken, Trevor Kollmann, Michael Haines, Paul W. Rhode and Melissa Thomasson -- Responding to climatic challenges: lessons from U.S. agricultural development / Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode -- The impact of the 1936 corn-belt drought on american farmers' adoption of hybrid corn / Richard Sutch -- The evolution of heat tolerance of corn: implications for climate change / Michael J. Roberts and Wolfram Schlenker -- Climate variability and water infrastructure: historical experience in the western United States / Zeynep K. Hansen, Gary D. Libecap, and Scott E. Lowe -- Did Frederick Brodie discover the world's first environmental Kuznets Curve? Coal smoke and the rise and fall of the London fog / Karen Clay and Werner Troesken -- Impacts of climate change on residential electricity consumption: evidence from billing data / Anin Aroonruengsawat and Maximilian Auffhammer

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