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View article: Adapting to Sea Level Rise and Storms
Adapting to Sea Level Rise and Storms Open
It is well known that sea level rise (SLR) will force retreat along rural coastlines but that cities will need to protect their coasts. But how exactly should seawalls, flood insurance, and retreat be used over time to minimize the overall…
View article: Global land and carbon consequences of mass timber products
Global land and carbon consequences of mass timber products Open
View article: Assessing the impact of natural land on farmland value in Mediterranean EU countries
Assessing the impact of natural land on farmland value in Mediterranean EU countries Open
View article: Assessing the impact of natural land on farmland value in Mediterranean EU countries
Assessing the impact of natural land on farmland value in Mediterranean EU countries Open
View article: An integrated assessment of the impact of agrobiodiversity on the economy of the Euro-Mediterranean region
An integrated assessment of the impact of agrobiodiversity on the economy of the Euro-Mediterranean region Open
In the past decades, agricultural landscapes have simplified with crop specialization and the reduction of seminatural covers leading to a decline of biodiversity and (biodiversity-driven) ecosystem services. This study measures the impact…
View article: Health risks of heavy metals in food and their economic burden in Armenia
Health risks of heavy metals in food and their economic burden in Armenia Open
Mining leads to excessive heavy metal contamination of agricultural products in Armenia and can adversely impact human health. We quantify the concentrations of toxic heavy metals (lead, nickel, cadmium, and mercury) in food sampled from l…
View article: An Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Agrobiodiversity on the Economy of the Euro-Mediterranean Region
An Integrated Assessment of the Impact of Agrobiodiversity on the Economy of the Euro-Mediterranean Region Open
View article: Climate Change and Fractional Outcomes: A Long-Run Panel Study of Crop Failure Rates
Climate Change and Fractional Outcomes: A Long-Run Panel Study of Crop Failure Rates Open
View article: Climate change to increase crop failure in U.S.
Climate change to increase crop failure in U.S. Open
The literature has documented that climate change is likely to reduce crop yields of harvested acres in the United States. This study uses panel data methods to document that climate change could also reduce harvested area. We find that ‘c…
View article: Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Global Timber Markets
Climate Change Impacts: The Case of Global Timber Markets Open
View article: “Can seawalls help American cities adapt to coastal flooding?”
“Can seawalls help American cities adapt to coastal flooding?” Open
Purpose This study aims to combine information about sea level rise (SLR), the probability distribution of storm surge, a flood damage function and the value of property by elevation along the coast of selected cities to measure expected f…
View article: Predicting Major Storm Surge Levels
Predicting Major Storm Surge Levels Open
The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) calculates the surge probability distribution along the coast from their long-term tidal stations. This process is sufficient for predicting the surge from common storms but tends …
View article: The Effect of Urbanization on Air Pollution Damage
The Effect of Urbanization on Air Pollution Damage Open
These are the data and code to replicate the results for the paper "The Effect of Urbanization on Air Pollution Damage".
View article: Assessing the long-term interactions of climate change and timber markets on forest land and carbon storage
Assessing the long-term interactions of climate change and timber markets on forest land and carbon storage Open
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of the environmental and economic impacts of climate change on global and regional forests from now through 2200. By integrating the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6 and RCP 8.5 …
View article: Economic vulnerability to tropical storms on the southeastern coast of Africa
Economic vulnerability to tropical storms on the southeastern coast of Africa Open
Climate change will hit Africa economically hard, not least Southeast Africa. Understanding the impact of extreme climatic events is important for both economic development and climate change policy. Global climatological summaries reveal …
View article: Coastal Resilience Against Storm Surge from Tropical Cyclones
Coastal Resilience Against Storm Surge from Tropical Cyclones Open
It is well known that seawalls are effective at stopping common storm surges in urban areas. This paper examines whether seawalls should be built to withstand the storm surge from a major tropical cyclone. We estimate the extra cost of bui…
View article: A Coastal Resilience Analysis of a Heterogeneous Landscape
A Coastal Resilience Analysis of a Heterogeneous Landscape Open
This paper develops a fine-scaled analysis in order to determine the cost and benefit of flood protection using hardened coastal structures within a large coastal segment. The probability distribution of surges and the relative rate of sea…
View article: The Net Carbon Emissions fromHistoric Land Use and Land UseChange
The Net Carbon Emissions fromHistoric Land Use and Land UseChange Open
Deforestation from timber harvests and farmland conversions have led to 565 GtCO2 (billion tons of carbon dioxide) being emitted into the atmosphere. Taking into account natural regeneration on forestland, Houghton (2003, 2008) and Houghto…
View article: Evaluating environmental tax rates for power plants in BTH area based on marginal damage estimation: An Integrated Assessment
Evaluating environmental tax rates for power plants in BTH area based on marginal damage estimation: An Integrated Assessment Open
As China started to collect environmental tax on pollutant emitters, local governments were given autonomy to set tax rates that reflects regional differences to increase the policy efficiency. Previous studies have argued for efficient en…
View article: Can the Global Forest Sector Survive 11 °C Warming?
Can the Global Forest Sector Survive 11 °C Warming? Open
Although most global forest economic studies have found that warming is likely to increase forest supply, these studies have examined only the limited warming expected through 2100. This study extends the analysis out to 2250 to test much …
View article: A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on Italian agriculture
A Ricardian analysis of the impact of climate change on Italian agriculture Open
This research investigates the potential impact of warming on Italian agriculture. Using a detailed dataset of 16,000 farms across Italy, the study examines likely warming impacts in different regions and for different sectors of Italian a…
View article: The impact of climate on farm inputs in developing countries agriculture
The impact of climate on farm inputs in developing countries agriculture Open
"The success of the green revolution has prompted some analysts to suggest it can be extended more broadly to all poor farmers. This paper argues that suitable natural endowments are an important precondition for high input farming. Examin…
View article: Do Temperature Thresholds Threaten American Farmland?
Do Temperature Thresholds Threaten American Farmland? Open
View article: Do Temperature Thresholds Threaten American Farmland
Do Temperature Thresholds Threaten American Farmland Open
Estimated Ricardian models have been criticized because they rely on mean temperatures and do not explicitly include extreme temperatures. This paper uses a cross sectional approach to compare a standard quadratic Ricardian model of mean t…
View article: The Land-Use Consequences of Woody Biomass with More Stringent Climate Mitigation Scenarios
The Land-Use Consequences of Woody Biomass with More Stringent Climate Mitigation Scenarios Open
Integrated assessment models increasingly rely on biomass for energy with ever more stringent mitigation policies. The stringency of mitigation will therefore have large effects on land use. As discussed in the literature, crop bio-energy …
View article: Do Temperature Thresholds Threaten American Farmland?
Do Temperature Thresholds Threaten American Farmland? Open
Estimated Ricardian models have been criticized because they rely on mean temperatures and do not explicitly include extreme temperatures. This paper uses a cross sectional approach to compare a standard quadratic Ricardian model of mean t…
View article: A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Italian Agriculture
A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Italian Agriculture Open
View article: Opportunities for advances in climate change economics
Opportunities for advances in climate change economics Open
There have been dramatic advances in understanding the physical science of climate change, facilitated by substantial and reliable research support. The social value of these advances depends on understanding their implications for society…
View article: Carbon Storage and Bioenergy: Using Forests for Climate Mitigation
Carbon Storage and Bioenergy: Using Forests for Climate Mitigation Open
The carbon mitigation literature has separately considered using forests to store carbon and as a source of bioenergy. In this paper, we look at both options to reach a 2°C mitigation target. This paper combines the global forest model, GT…
View article: Measuring Hazardous Waste Damages with Panel Models
Measuring Hazardous Waste Damages with Panel Models Open
This study extends the use of panel data to analyze the damage associated with proximity to a hazardous waste site. Panel data can control for property specific factors which affect sale values, allowing the analysis to focus upon both the…