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Global warming and the American economy: a regional assessment of climate change impacts

In: New horizons in environmental economics

Mendelsohn, Robert O.

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The impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new collection. The basic hypothesis of the study is that warming would be beneficial to the economies of the colder northern regions but harmful to the economies of the warmer more southern regions. This is confirmed in a careful set of sectoral studies applied to each region. Because of its importance, two methods are used to study agriculture. Agriculture is analyzed using both an agronomic-economic simulation model and a cross-sectional Ricardian analysis. The two capital-intensive sectors affected by cli

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Global warming and the American economy: a regional assessment of climate change impacts

In: New horizons in environmental economics

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Mendelsohn, Robert O.; Edward Elgar Publishing

The impact of climate change on seven regions of the United States is studied in this new and accessible collection. The study examines how the different regions of the United States may be affected by climate change. In particular, the study explores whether warming would be beneficial to the northern (colder) regions but harmful to the economies of the southern (warmer) regions.