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This RePEc Biblio topic is edited by Richard S.j. Tol (pto90). It was first published on 2017-08-05 15:37:26 and last updated on 2017-08-11 08:53:55.

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If you do not care about the distant future, far-away lands, or remote possibilities, you need not care about climate change. Rich countries have emitted most greenhouse gases, poor countries will suffer disproportionally from climate change. Climate policy is regressive as it will make energy and food more expensive. Climate change and climate policy therefore redistribute resources. Although no one disputes these basic facts, economists tend to shy away from giving equity and fairness a prominent place in climate policy analysis.

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  1. Rose, Adam & Stevens, Brandt, 1993, "The efficiency and equity of marketable permits for CO2 emissions," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 15, issue 1, pages 117-146, March.
  2. Azar, Christian & Sterner, Thomas, 1996, "Discounting and distributional considerations in the context of global warming," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 19, issue 2, pages 169-184, November.
  3. Samuel Fankhauser & Richard Tol & DAVID Pearce, 1997, "The Aggregation of Climate Change Damages: a Welfare Theoretic Approach," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 10, issue 3, pages 249-266, October, DOI: 10.1023/A:1026420425961.
  4. Anthoff, David & Hepburn, Cameron & Tol, Richard S.J., 2009, "Equity weighting and the marginal damage costs of climate change," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 68, issue 3, pages 836-849, January.
  5. Anthoff, David & Tol, Richard S.J., 2010, "On international equity weights and national decision making on climate change," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 60, issue 1, pages 14-20, July.
  6. Rausch, Sebastian & Metcalf, Gilbert E. & Reilly, John M., 2011, "Distributional impacts of carbon pricing: A general equilibrium approach with micro-data for households," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 33, issue S1, pages 20-33, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2011.07.023.
  7. Don Fullerton & Garth Heutel & Gilbert E. Metcalf, 2012, "Does the Indexing of Government Transfers Make Carbon Pricing Progressive?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, volume 94, issue 2, pages 347-353.
  8. Böhringer, Christoph & Helm, Carsten, 2008, "On the fair division of greenhouse gas abatement cost," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 30, issue 2, pages 260-276, May.
  9. Weber, Christopher L. & Matthews, H. Scott, 2008, "Quantifying the global and distributional aspects of American household carbon footprint," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 66, issue 2-3, pages 379-391, June.
  10. Lasse Ringius & Asbjørn Torvanger & Arild Underdal, 2002, "Burden Sharing and Fairness Principles in International Climate Policy," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, volume 2, issue 1, pages 1-22, March, DOI: 10.1023/A:1015041613785.
  11. Mattoo, Aaditya & Subramanian, Arvind, 2012, "Equity in Climate Change: An Analytical Review," World Development, Elsevier, volume 40, issue 6, pages 1083-1097, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.11.007.
  12. Kverndokk, Snorre & Rose, Adam, 2008, "Equity and Justice in Global Warming Policy," International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, now publishers, volume 2, issue 2, pages 135-176, October, DOI: 10.1561/101.00000015.
  13. Andreas Lange, 2006, "The Impact of Equity-preferences on the Stability of International Environmental Agreements," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 34, issue 2, pages 247-267, June, DOI: 10.1007/s10640-005-0006-4.
  14. Lange, Andreas & Vogt, Carsten & Ziegler, Andreas, 2007, "On the importance of equity in international climate policy: An empirical analysis," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 29, issue 3, pages 545-562, May.
  15. Lange, Andreas & Löschel, Andreas & Vogt, Carsten & Ziegler, Andreas, 2010, "On the self-interested use of equity in international climate negotiations," European Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 54, issue 3, pages 359-375, April.
  16. Weber, Christopher L. & Matthews, H. Scott, 2008, "Quantifying the global and distributional aspects of American household carbon footprint," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 66, issue 2-3, pages 379-391, June.
  17. Kverndokk, Snorre & Nævdal, Eric & Nøstbakken, Linda, 2014, "The trade-off between intra- and intergenerational equity in climate policy," European Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 69, issue C, pages 40-58, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2014.01.007.