Climate change and agriculture an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects /

Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides both a...

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Main Author: Mendelsohn, Robert O., 1952-
Corporate Author: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Other Authors: Dinar, Ariel, 1947-
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2009.
Series:New horizons in environmental economics.
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Online Access:https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847206701.xml
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505 0 |a 1. Introduction -- 2. The role of climate in agricultural production -- 3. Literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture -- 4. The Ricardian method -- 5. Modeling adaptation to climate change -- 6. Structural Ricardian models -- 7. Ricardian analyses of aggregate data -- 8. Ricardian models of individual farms -- 9. Adaptation studies -- 10. Structural Ricardian studies -- 11. Summary of results -- 12. Policy implications and future research needs. 
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