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

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....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mendelsohn, Robert O.
Other Authors: Dinar, Ariel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar c2009
Series:New horizons in environmental economics
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary: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
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 good analytical basis for additional work and solid results for policy debate concerning income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and equity
Physical Description:vii, 246 p ill., maps (some col.)
ISBN:9781847206701
9781849802239
1847206700