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

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This text features a study which examines 22 countries across four continents including both developed and developing economies. It looks at the impact of climate change on agriculture and provides a good analytical basis for additional work.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mendelsohn, Robert O., 1952- (Author)
Other Authors: Dinar, Ariel, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, ©2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:New horizons in environmental economics.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Developing countries.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Climatic changes > Developing countries.
Agriculture > Aspect de l'environnement > Pays en voie de développement.
Agriculture > Aspect économique > Pays en voie de développement.
Climat > Changements > Aspect de l'environnement > Pays en voie de développement.
Changement climatique.
Agriculture.
Production agricole.
Modèles économiques.
Analyse économique.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Agriculture > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes.
Developing countries.
Agrarproduktion
Internationaler Vergleich
Klimaänderung
Landwirtschaft
Landwirtschaftliches Einkommen
Theorem der komparativen Kostenvorteile
Landwirtschaft.
Klimaveränderung.
Welt.
Entwicklungsländer.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries
Agriculture > Environmental aspects > Developing countries
Climatic changes > Environmental aspects > Developing countries
klimaatverandering
climatic change
landbouw
adaptatie
adaptation
Climatic Change
Klimaatverandering
Publication internationale.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The role of climate in agricultural production
  • Literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture
  • The Ricardian method
  • Modeling adaptation to climate change
  • Structural Ricardian models
  • Ricardian analyses of aggregate data
  • Ricardian models of individual farms
  • Adaptation studies
  • Structural Ricardian studies
  • Summary of results
  • Policy implications and future research needs.