Global warming and the American economy : a regional assessment of climate change impacts
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Robert O Mendelsohn
- ناشر : Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2001
- شابک / ISBN : 9781843761440
Description
The impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new collection. The basic hypothesis of the study is that warming would be beneficial to the economies of the colder northern regions but harmful to the economies of the warmer more southern regions. This is confirmed in a careful set of sectoral studies applied to each region. Because of its importance, two methods are used to study agriculture. Agriculture is analyzed using both an agronomic-economic simulation model and a cross-sectional Ricardian analysis. The two capital-intensive sectors affected by cli
