Working paper by Amelia Sharman on 18 Sep 2015
Much of the existing literature employing the framework of controversy focuses on the science-policy interface. However a clear gap exists regarding the way(s) in which controversy may fundamentally shape the … read more »
Working paper by Roger Fouquet, Stephen Broadberry on 15 Sep 2015
This paper investigates very long run pre-industrial economic development. New annual GDP per capita data for six European countries over the last seven hundred years paint a clearer picture of … read more »
Working paper by Paul Watkiss on 14 Sep 2015
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. read more »
Working paper by Camilla Andersson, Andrea Mannberg on 11 Sep 2015
This working paper looks at the impact of an institutional intervention on market efficiency in Ethiopia. More specifically it examines whether regional warehouses that are connected to a national commodity exchange reduce transaction costs and price dispersion between regions. read more »
Working paper by Jonathan Colmer, Yonas Alem on 4 Sep 2015
When agents are unable to smooth consumption and have distorted beliefs about the likelihood of future income realisations, uncertainty about future states of the world has a direct effect on … read more »
Working paper by Antony Millner on 25 Aug 2015
This paper explores the relationship between beliefs and policy choices in relation to environmental regulation. read more »
Working paper by Antony Millner, Geoffrey Heal on 25 Aug 2015
Climate change is fundamentally an `out-of-sample’ problem – our available information does not tightly constrain predictions of the consequences of rapid increases in greenhouse gas concentrations. Moreover, the fact that … read more »
Working paper by Misato Sato, Frédéric Branger on 4 Aug 2015
This paper proposes an innovative solution to distribute free allowances to the cement sector under emissions trading systems. read more »
Working paper by Baran Doda, Luca Taschini on 1 Aug 2015
This paper proposes a simple framework to evaluate the economic advantage of regulating carbon emissions by linking the emissions trading systems (ETSs) of two jurisdictions versus operating them under autarky. … read more »
Working paper by Paola Sakai on 1 Aug 2015
Paola Sakai and Suraje Dessai The concept of resilience has been increasingly gaining relevance in the climate change policy arena as a compelling discourse for adaptation to climate change. The UK provides an important case study as the water sector has faced top-down steering from the government and regulators to ensure resilience. This paper investigates […]
