The Economics of Climate Change
Adaptations Past and Present
368 pages
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86 line drawings, 3 halftones, 47 tables
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6 x 9
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© 2011
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface/Acknowledgments
Climate Change: Adaptations in Historical Perspective
Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel
Gary D. Libecap and Richard H. Steckel
1. Additive Damages, Fat-Tailed Climate Dynamics, and Uncertain Discounting
Martin L. Weitzman
2. Modeling the Impact of Warming in Climate Change Economics
Robert S. Pindyck
3. Droughts, Floods and Financial Distress in the United States
John Landon-Lane, Hugh Rockoff, and Richard H. Steckel
4. The Effects of Weather Shocks on Crop Prices in Unfettered Markets: The United States Prior to the Farm Programs, 1895-1932
Jonathan Fox, Price V. Fishback, and Paul W. Rhode
5. Information and the Impact of Climate and Weather on Mortality Rates During the Great Depression
Price V. Fishback, Werner Troesken, Trevor Kollmann, Michael Haines, Paul W. Rhode, and Melissa Thomasson
6. Responding to Climatic Challenges: Lessons from U.S. Agricultural Development
Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode
7. The Impact of the 1936 Corn-Belt Drought on American Farmers’ Adoption of Hybrid Corn
Richard Sutch
8. The Evolution of Heat Tolerance of Corn: Implications for Climate Change
Michael J. Roberts and Wolfram Schlenker
9. Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States
Zeynep K. Hansen, Gary D. Libecap, and Scott E. Lowe
10. Did Frederick Brodie Discover the World’s First Environmental Kuznets Curve? Coal Smoke and the Rise and Fall of the London Fog
Karen Clay and Werner Troesken
11. Impacts of Climate Change on Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence from Billing Data
Anin Aroonruengsawat and Maximilian Auffhammer
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