Working paper by Veerle Heyvaert on 20 Jun 2016
This working paper argues that the rise of transnational regulation has a transformative impact on law. It examines the field of transnational environmental regulation to show that its proliferation challenges … read more »
Working paper by Shaikh Eskander, Edward barbier on 12 Jun 2016
We examine the effects of natural disaster exposure on agricultural households who simultaneously make rent-in and rent-out decisions in the land rental market. Our econometric approach accounts for the effects … read more »
Working paper by Florence Crick, Katie Jenkins, Swenja Surminski on 9 Jun 2016
Multisectoral partnerships are increasingly being mentioned as a mechanism to deliver and improve disaster risk management. Yet, partnerships are not a panacea and more research is required to understand the … read more »
Working paper by Bruno Lanz, Simon Dietz, Tim Swanson on 3 Jun 2016
We study how stochasticity in the evolution of agricultural productivity interacts with economic and population growth, and the associated demand for food. We use a two-sector Schumpeterian model of growth, … read more »
Working paper by Doruk İriş, Alessandro Tavoni on 20 May 2016
We study the impact of loss-aversion and the threat of catastrophic damages, which we jointly call threshold concerns, on international environmental agreements. We aim to understand whether a threshold for … read more »
Working paper by Alessandro Tavoni, Doruk İriş on 20 May 2016
We live in a world characterized by discontinuities, where thresholds for abrupt and irreversible change are omnipresent, both in economic and ecological dynamics. Such thresholds, often referred to as tipping … read more »
Working paper by Misato Sato, Marta Ciszewska on 18 May 2016
International carbon offsetting can help reduce compliance costs in emissions trading schemes and at the same time support carbon mitigation projects in developing countries. A surprising observation from the European … read more »
Working paper by Paul Watkiss, Federica Cimato on 4 May 2016
This working paper aims to inform the development community about the current state-of-knowledge and emerging thinking on the economics of adaptation and the application to development. The paper explores a … read more »
Working paper by Simon Dietz, Frank Venmans on 5 Apr 2016
It has recently been shown that, when discounting future improvements in the environment, relative prices matter. However, we argue relative prices are not the whole story. Not only is the … read more »
Working paper by Suraje Dessai on 31 Mar 2016
Over the last decade, researchers have repeatedly sought to understand why adaptation planning and decision-making have failed to progress as quickly as once hoped. A major concern is that policy paralysis and inaction have arisen due to practical difficulties of delivering climate science that can actually be used for adaptation decision-making. Non-scientific actors are increasingly […]
