Publications

Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Soil Conservation. Evidence from Malawi

Research article by Stefania Lovo on 28 Oct 2015

This paper focuses on two main sources of tenure insecurity, informal short-term tenancy contracts, and customary gender-biased inheritance practices. Using a large plot-level dataset from Malawi, the analysis employs a linear probability model with household fixed effects and finds that both sources of insecurity have a negative effect on soil conservation investments. read more »

The economic effects of long-term climate change: evidence from the little ice age

Working paper by Maria Waldinger on 22 Oct 2015

Recent studies have consistently found important economic effects of year-to-year weather fluctuations. This paper studies the economic effects of long-term and gradual climate change, over a period of 250 years, … read more »

Exploring the Economic Case for Climate Action in Cities

Presentations and data by Andy Gouldson on 21 Oct 2015

Presentation given at the CCCEP seminar – The Road to Paris: Exploring the economic case for climate action in cities.

Why Are We Waiting? The logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change

Presentations and data by Nicholas Stern on 19 Oct 2015

Powerpoint slides from a speech given by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, UK on 19 October 2015 read more »

Climate change and migration in developing countries: evidence and implications for PRISE countries

Policy publication by Maria Waldinger, Sam Fankhauser on 19 Oct 2015

This paper informs the development community about the effects of climate change on migration patterns within and out of developing countries. It concentrates on the economic aspects of migration and … read more »

Cars, carbon taxes and CO2 emissions

Working paper by Julius Andersson on 15 Oct 2015

Is a carbon tax effective in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and thereby mitigating climate change? I estimate the reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the transport sector … read more »

Crop diversification and child health: Empirical evidence from Tanzania

Working paper by Stefania Lovo, Marcella Veronesi on 15 Oct 2015

Malnutrition is recognized as a major issue among low-income households in developing countries with long-term implications for economic development. Recently, crop diversification has been recognized as a strategy to improve … read more »

Searching for carbon leaks in multinational companies

Working paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Caterina Gennaioli, Ralf Martin, Mirabelle Muûls, Thomas Stoerk on 15 Oct 2015

Does climate change policy lead companies to shift the location of production, thereby creating carbon leakage? We examine the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on … read more »

An ‘equal effort’ approach to assessing the North–South climate finance gap

Research article by Alex Bowen, Emanuele Campiglio, Sara Herreras Martinez on 12 Oct 2015

This study employs a number of Integrated Assessment Models to determine what the optimal financial transfers between high-income and developing economies would be if climate mitigation effort, measured as mitigation costs as a share of gross domestic product, were to be divided equally across regions through a global carbon market. read more »

The concept of city carbon maps: A case study of Melbourne, Australia

Research article by Thomas Wiedmann, John Barrett on 12 Oct 2015

Cities are thought to be associated with most of humanity’s consumption of natural resources and impacts on the environment. Cities not only constitute major centers of economic activity, knowledge, innovation, and governance—they are also said to be linked to approximately 70% to 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions. This makes cities primary agents of change […]