Policy publication by Bob Ward on 6 Jan 2016
Lettter from Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director of the Institute, raises concerns about “inaccurate and misleading claims” in the testimony submitted by Dr Bjorn Lomborg to the House of … read more »
Research article by Misato Sato, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 31 Dec 2015
This paper measures the response of bilateral trade flows to differences in industrial energy prices across countries. Using a rich panel dataset with 42 countries, 62 manufacturing sectors over … read more »
Working paper by Adriana Kocornik-Mina on 15 Dec 2015
Does economic activity relocate away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floods, which are among the costliest and … read more »
Working paper by Louise Kessler on 15 Dec 2015
The permafrost carbon feedback is not currently taken into account in economic assessments of climate change, yet it could have important implications for the social cost of carbon and the … read more »
Working paper by Antony Millner, Geoffrey Heal on 15 Dec 2015
We study collective choice when individuals have heterogeneous discounted utilitarian preferences. Two attractive properties of intertemporal preferences are indistinguishable for individuals, but have dramatically dierent implications for collective choice. Time … read more »
Policy publication by Misato Sato on 15 Dec 2015
This report provides a short summary of assessment methodologies that have been used to evaluate different operational aspects and outcomes of existing trading schemes, a literature which to date draws primarily from the EU ETS experience. read more »
Research article by Declan Conway, Antoine Dechezleprêtre on 15 Dec 2015
This paper identifies over 50,000 patents filed worldwide in various water-related technologies between 1990 and 2010, distinguishing between those related to availability (supply) and conservation (demand) technologies. Patenting activity is … read more »
Policy publication by Alina Averchenkova on 8 Dec 2015
This paper fleshes out the definition of credibility and identifies its key determinants which respect to action on climate change. It then outlines a framework to assess the credibility of … read more »
Presentations and data by Alina Averchenkova on 8 Dec 2015
Presentation given at the Side event at COP21/CMP11 in Paris, France on 8 December 2015.
Policy publication by Swenja Surminski on 8 Dec 2015
This report is an output of an initiative funded by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) at the World Bank and led by the Overseas Development Institute … read more »
