an economic analysis of global impacts, adaptation and distributional effects /
Robert Mendelsohn and Ariel Dinar.
Northampton, MA :
Edward Elgar,
c2009.
vii, 246 p. :
ill., col. maps ;
24 cm.
New horizons in environmental economics
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The role of climate in agricultural production -- Literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture -- The Ricardian method -- Modeling adaptation to climate change -- Structural Ricardian models -- Ricardian analyses of aggregate data -- Ricardian models of individual farms -- Adaptation studies -- Structural Ricardian studies -- Summary of results -- Policy implications and future research needs.
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This text features a study which examines 22 countries across four continents including both developed and developing economies. It looks at the impact of climate change on agriculture and provides a good analytical basis for additional work.