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This RePEc Biblio topic is edited by Richard S.j. Tol (pto90). It was first published on 2012-12-07 14:58:23 and last updated on 2017-08-11 08:39:02.

Introduction by the editor

If you do not care about the distant future, far-away lands, or remote possibilities, you need not care about climate change. Discussions about the impact of uncertainty are prominent in climate policy analysis.

Most relevant JEL codes

• D81 - Microeconomics -- Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty --- Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
• Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics -- Environmental Economics --- Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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• NEP-ENV Environmental Economics
• NEP-UPT Utility Models and Prospect Theory

Most relevant research

1. Pindyck, Robert S., 2012, "Uncertain outcomes and climate change policy," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 63, issue 3, pages 289-303, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2011.12.001.
   • Robert S. Pindyck, 2009, "Uncertain Outcomes and Climate Change Policy," Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, number 0907, Aug.
   • Robert S. Pindyck, 2009, "Uncertain Outcomes and Climate Change Policy," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 15259, Aug.
2. Pindyck, Robert S., 2002, "Optimal timing problems in environmental economics," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, volume 26, issue 9-10, pages 1677-1697, August.
3. Kolstad, Charles D., 1996, "Learning and Stock Effects in Environmental Regulation: The Case of Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 31, issue 1, pages 1-18, July.
4. Baker, Erin, 2005, "Uncertainty and learning in a strategic environment: global climate change," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 1, pages 19-40, January.
5. Keller, Klaus & Bolker, Benjamin M. & Bradford, D.F.David F., 2004, "Uncertain climate thresholds and optimal economic growth," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 48, issue 1, pages 723-741, July.Unknown
6. Larry Karp & Jiangfeng Zhang, 2005, "Regulation of Stock Externalities with Correlated Abatement Costs," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 32, issue 2, pages 273-300, October, DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-4678-6.Unknown
7. Andreas Lange, 2003, "Climate Change and the Irreversibility Effect – Combining Expected Utility and MaxiMin," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 25, issue 4, pages 417-434, August, DOI: 10.1023/A:1025054716419.
   • Lange, Andreas, 2002, "Climate change and the irreversibility effect: combining expected utility and MaxiMin," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 02-29.
8. Ulph, Alistair & Ulph, David, 1997, "Global Warming, Irreversibility and Learning," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, volume 107, issue 442, pages 636-650, May.
9. Manne, Alan S. & Richels, Richard G., 1991, "Buying greenhouse insurance," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 19, issue 6, pages 543-552.
10. Peck, Stephen C. & Teisberg, Thomas J., 1993, "Global warming uncertainties and the value of information: an analysis using CETA," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 15, issue 1, pages 71-97, March.Unknown
11. Mort Webster & Andrei Sokolov & John Reilly & Chris Forest & Sergey Paltsev & Adam Schlosser & Chien Wang & David Kicklighter & Marcus Sarofim & Jerry Melillo & Ronald Prinn & Henry Jacoby, 2012, "Analysis of climate policy targets under uncertainty," Climatic Change, Springer, volume 112, issue 3, pages 569-583, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0260-0.
12. Martin L. Weitzman, 2009, "On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, volume 91, issue 1, pages 1-19, February.
    • Weitzman, Martin L., 2009, "On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change," Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics, number 3693423.
13. Millner, Antony, 2013, "On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 65, issue 2, pages 310-325, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.09.006.
14. Horowitz, John & Lange, Andreas, 2014, "Cost–benefit analysis under uncertainty — A note on Weitzman's dismal theorem," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 42, issue C, pages 201-203, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2013.12.013.
15. David Anthoff & Richard Tol, 2014, "Climate policy under fat-tailed risk: an application of FUND," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, volume 220, issue 1, pages 223-237, September, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-013-1343-2.
    • Tol, Richard S. J. & Anthoff, David, 2010, "Climate Policy under Fat-Tailed Risk: An Application of FUND," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP348, Jul.
16. Antony Millner & Simon Dietz & Geoffrey Heal, 2013, "Scientific Ambiguity and Climate Policy," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 55, issue 1, pages 21-46, May, DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9612-0.

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