The behavioral economics of climate change : adaptation behaviors, global public goods, breakthrough technologies, and policy-making / S. Niggol Seo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Author Profile; Preface; Companion Website; 1. An Introduction to the Behavioral Economics of Climate Change for Provision of Global Public Goods; 1. Global Public Goods in the Modern World; 2. Global Warming as a Global Public Good; 3. The Science of Global Warming; 4. Economics of an Optimal Provision of Global Warming; 5. Technological Innovations: Breakthroughs and Incremental Advances; 6. An Adaptation Paradigm of Global Warming Policy; 7. International Negotiations for a Global Public Good; 8. Road Map of the Book

2. The Theory of Public Goods and Their Efficient Provisions1. Introduction to the Theory of Public Goods; 2. Defining Characteristics of a Public Good; 3. A Spatial Dimension of Public Goods; 4. Pareto Optimality in Provision of a Public Good; 5. Market Provision of a Public Good; 6. Environmental Disamenities as a Public Good; 7. Policy Instruments for an Optimal Provision of the Public Good; 8. Moral Suasion, Private Provision, and Lindahl Equilibrium; 9. Valuation Methods and a Benefit-Cost Analysis; 10. Uncertainty: Price Versus Quantity

11. Environmental Justice: Price Versus a Cap-and-Trade12. Extending Discussions to Global Public Goods; 13. Plans for the Next Chapters; 3. Designing Global Warming Policies and Major Challenges; 1. Introduction; 2. Distinct Characteristics of Global Warming; 3. Contrasts With Other Global Public Goods; 4. The Standard-Bearer: A Samuelson-Nordhaus Framework; 5. Major Challenges to Global Warming Policy; 6. Conclusion and Plans for the Ensuing Chapters; 4. A Globally Optimal Carbon Price Policy From Noncooperative Behavioral Standpoints; 1. Introduction

2. Rolling the DICE: A Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and Economy3. Calibrations of Major Contentious Parameters of the DICE Model; 4. Future Trajectories of Climate Change and Policy Variables; 5. Diverging Behavioral Incentives for Actions Under a Business-as-Usual Scenario; 6. Alterations of Behavioral Incentives Under an Optimal Climate Policy Scenario; 7. Alterations of Behavioral Incentives Through Monetary Transfers; 8. Conclusion and Moving Forward; 5. Breakthrough Technologies: Technological Innovations as an Alternative Global Warming Solution; 1. Introduction

2. A Survey of Breakthrough Technologies3. A Survey of Microincremental Technologies; 4. Adopt Now? The Cost of Backstop Technologies; 5. Inducing Technological Innovations: Subsidy or Tax?; 6. Technological Uncertainties and Option Value; 7. Conclusion; 6. Adaptation Paradigm as an Alternative Global Warming Policy; 1. Inevitability of Adapting to Global Warming; 2. Adaptation Paradigm as an Alternative Global Warming Policy; 3. Distinguishing Features From Other Approaches; 4. Adaptation Paradigms Explained by Agents and Sectors; 5. Adaptation Strategies in Natural Resource Enterprises

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.