Global warming: Economic policy responses

Book · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5034847

Dornbusch, R; Poterba, J M ^[1]

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1. eds.

This volume contains the proceedings of a conference that brought together economic experts from Europe, the US, Latin America, and Japan to evaluate key issues in the policy debate in global warming. The following issues are at the center of debates on alternative policies to address global warming: scientific evidence on the magnitude of global warming and the extent to which it is due to human activities; availability of economic tools to control the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases, and how vigorously should they be applied; and political economy considerations which influence the design of an international program for controlling greenhouse gases. Many perspectives are offered on the approaches to remedying environmental problems that are currently being pursued in Europe and the Pacific Rim. Deforestation in the Amazon is discussed, as well as ways to slow it. Public finance assessments are presented of both the domestic and international policy issues raised by plans to levy a tax on the carbon emissions from various fossil fuels. Nine chapters have been processed separately for inclusion in the appropriate data bases.

• OSTI ID: 5034847
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ABSTRACTS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CONTROL
DEFORESTATION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
GREENHOUSE GASES
LEADING ABSTRACT
MEETINGS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION SOURCES