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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| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. :
Edward Elgar,
c2009.
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| Series: | New horizons in environmental economics.
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847206701.xml |
Table of Contents:
- 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.