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White House report understates impact of climate change
Bob Ward argues that the recent White House report on potential economic impacts of delaying action on climate change underestimated these impacts. read more »
What do economic models tell us?
“It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future” – so goes the saying. The same applies to economic modelling. This is not just the trite point that it … read more »
Why does climate change get described as a stock-flow problem?
Economists often describe climate change as a ‘stock-flow’ problem. This refers to the fact that the greenhouse effect, and in turn climate change, depends on the concentration of greenhouse gases … read more »
New frontiers in the economics of climate change
New frontiers in the economics of climate change read more »
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