Climate change and global poverty are the most pressing issues of this century. If insufficiently addressed, climate change will exacerbate... Read more

Climate change and global poverty are the most pressing issues of this century. If insufficiently addressed, climate change will exacerbate... Read more
This submission to the Environmental Audit Committee's inquiry on ‘Heatwaves: Adapting to Climate Change’ focuses on the importance of communicating with the public to raise awareness of the increasing incidence of heatwaves. Read more
Government policy in support of innovation often varies across technology areas. An important example are climate change policies that typically try to support so-called clean technologies that avoid greenhouse gas pollution and hamper dirty technologies that are associated with polluting emissions. This paper explores the economic consequences of such policy moves in the short run. Read more
The invention of a new ICT, the printing press, may have been a fundamental turning point in knowledge transition. But... Read more
The invention of a new ICT, the printing press, may have been a fundamental turning point in knowledge transition. But... Read more
Working Paper 15 Abstract At present the USA is, in per capita terms, the top greenhouse gas polluter among the... Read more