Climate Policy Under Intergenerational Discounting

An Application of the Dynamic Integrated Climate-Economy Model
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-658-12133-4
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 64 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 1059 g

Reihe: BestMasters

In this thesis, Orlando Zaddach applies a discounting scheme derived by Krysiak (2010) in the latest DICE model and presents its implications for optimal climate policy. Furthermore, he carries out a one-factor-at-a-time (OFAT) sensitivity analysis to check the discounting scheme for robustness. It turns out that the proposed discounting scheme fails in incorporating consumer sovereignty and intergenerational equity sufficiently.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Orlando Zaddach, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

DICE-2013R and Other Integrated Assessment Models.- Consumer Sovereignty vs. Intergenerational Equity: An Overview of the Stern-Nordhaus Debate.- Intergenerational Discounting and Overlapping Generations Models.- Intergenerational Discounting in the DICE Model.

Über Autor(innen)

Jonathan Orlando Zaddach studied economics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg and wrote his master thesis at the Department for International Economic Policy under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Günther G. Schulze. His second supervisor was Prof. Dr. Frank C. Krysiak from the University of Basel. Currently he is working on his PhD thesis at the Chair of Public Finance, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg.