Essays on the Economics of Climate Change
Contributors: Zeckhauser, Richard J.; Stavins, Robert N.; Weitzman, Martin L.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: This dissertation studies three aspects of the economics of climate change: how rising sea levels will affect coastal homeowners in Florida; how changes in weather will affect the prevalence of crime in the United States; and why skepticism about climate change is so common among the general public.
Notes: Keywords: beach nourishment, climate change, climate skepticism, crime, discontinuity matching, weather.

Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012