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Some Economics of Global Warming

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  • Jean Tirole

    (Toulouse School of Economics)

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This paper reflects on the economics and politics of an international climate policy agreement. The international community has so far failed to design institutions and a compensation scheme that would lead to an abatement effort commensurate with the IPCC recommendations that it attempts tofollow. The paper first lays out what could be a proper institutional design, minimizing the impact of abatement on the world consumer’s income, and thereby making the fight against climate change more credible. It then sketches a governance mechanism as well as an approach to compensation. Finally, it concludes with a roadmap for the negotiation.

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  • Jean Tirole, 2008. "Some Economics of Global Warming," Rivista di Politica Economica, SIPI Spa, vol. 98(6), pages 9-42, November-.
    • Handle: RePEc:rpo:ripoec:v:98:y:2008:i:6:p:9-42
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    Keywords

    climate change; command and control; cap and trade; international agreement;
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    JEL classification:

    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • F51 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Conflicts; Negotiations; Sanctions
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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