Behavioral Economics of Climate Change

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Behavioral Economics of Climate Change

Adaptation Behaviors, Global Public Goods, Breakthrough Technologies, and Policy-Making

Development economics and emerging economies

Author: S. Niggol Seo

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Language: English

Published by: Academic Press

Published on: 21st September 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 10 Mb

ISBN: 9780128118757


The Behavioral Economics of Climate Change: Adaptation Behaviors, Global Public Goods, Breakthrough Technologies, and Policy-Making

Shows readers how to understand mitigation strategies emerging from global warming policy discussions and the ways that changing climate conditions can alter these strategies. Through quantitative analyses, case studies and policy examples, this bottom-up approach to climate change economics gives readers the tools to create effective responses to global warming.

This self-contained book on the topic covers key scientific and economic subjects in an applied, innovative and immediately relevant fashion.

Unravels individual behaviors and national policies about global warming by evaluating their evolving motives and incentives

Provides an economic analysis of the ways individuals make decisions when faced with climate change

Details a full range of alternative economic and policy responses, placing them in an integrated conceptual and policy framework

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