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

Explores how individuals make economic decisions when confronted by the facts of global warming

S. Niggol Seo (Author)

9780128118740, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 21 June 2017

278 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.43 kg

"The Behavioral Economics of Climate Change is a well-structured summary of current thinking. People need a clearly articulated presentation of key topics, and this book provides it." --Ana Iglesias, Technical University of Madrid (UPM)

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.

1. An Introduction to the Behavioral Economics of Climate Change for Provision of Global Public Goods2. The Theory of Public Goods and Their Efficient Provisions3. Designing Global Warming Policies and Major Challenges4. A Globally Optimal Carbon Price Policy from Noncooperative Behavioral Standpoints5. Breakthrough Technologies: Technological Innovations as an Alternative Global Warming Solution6. Adaptation Paradigm as an Alternative Global Warming Policy7. Negotiating a Global Public Good: Lessons from Global Warming Conferences and Future Directions

Subject Areas: Environmental economics [KCN], Development economics & emerging economies [KCM]