Managing the Global Commons

Provides a detailed analysis of the DICE model (Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) as well as an extensive analysis of the model's results.

List of contents

Part 1 Modelling the economics of climate change: the structure and derivation of the DICE model; macrogeophysics - derivation oof the climate and carbon-cycle equations; geoeconomics - energy, emissions and the economic impact of climate change. Part 2 Model results: analysis of policies to slow global warming. Part 3 Risk and uncertainty in policy toward climate change: sensitivity analysis of the DICE model; formal sensitivity analysis - estimation of uncertainty in climate change; decision analysis and the value of information.

About the author

William D. Nordhaus is Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University.

Summary

Provides a detailed analysis of the DICE model (Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) as well as an extensive analysis of the model's results.

Product details

• Authors: William D. Nordhaus, William D. (Yale University) Nordhaus
• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1994
• EAN: 9780262140553
• ISBN: 978-0-262-14055-3
• No. of pages: 223
• Series: Managing the Global Commons; The MIT Press; Mit Press
• Subject: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs