Voluntary exposure benefits and the costs of climate change

B Leard, K Roth - Journal of the Association of Environmental …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
We identify behavioral responses, defined as “voluntary exposure benefits,” that have the
potential to offset measured costs of climate change. We quantify these responses for the …

Voluntary exposure benefits and the costs of climate change

B Leard, K Roth - Resources for the Future Discussion Paper, 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
We identify behavioral responses, defined as “voluntary exposure benefits,” that have the
potential to offset measured costs of climate change. We quantify these responses for the …

[PDF][PDF] Weather, traffic accidents, and exposure to climate change

B Leard, K Roth - Unpublished, downloaded from author's website on, 2016 - nhts.ornl.gov
• Changes to accidents• Defensive Expenditures (Harrington and Portney, 1987)• Avoided
trips when conditions are bad• Will happen when existing risk is aggravated• Voluntary …

[HTML][HTML] The economic effects of climate change

RSJ Tol - Journal of economic perspectives, 2009 - aeaweb.org
I review the literature on the economic impacts of climate change, an externality that is
unprecedentedly large, complex, and uncertain. Only 14 estimates of the total damage cost …

The importance of data structure and nonlinearities in estimating climate impacts on outdoor recreation

SJ Dundas, RH von Haefen - Natural Hazards, 2021 - Springer
Credible empirical estimation of the economic impacts of climate change is dependent on
data structure (eg, cross sectional, panel) and the functional relationship between weather …

[HTML][HTML] Reflections—temperature stress and the direct impact of climate change: a review of an emerging literature

G Heal, J Park - Review of Environmental Economics and …, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article reviews the recent literature on the economics of exposure to temperature
extremes. There is growing evidence from both micro and macro studies that in the short run …

Temporal and spatial distribution of health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation in the United States

D Shindell, M Ru, Y Zhang, K Seltzer… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Societal benefits from climate change mitigation accrue via multiple pathways. We examine
the US impacts of emission changes on several factors that are affected by both climate and …

“A convenient truth”: air travel passengers' willingness to pay to offset their CO2 emissions

R Brouwer, L Brander, P Van Beukering - Climatic change, 2008 - Springer
Several economic reviews demonstrate the substantial costs related to climate change and
consequently call for early action. These reviews, however, have been limited to measuring …

[HTML][HTML] Overestimating the human influence on the economic costs of extreme weather events

P Brown - 2022 - patricktbrown.org
Estimating the human influence on extreme weather events and their economic costs is
relevant to many policy discussions around climate change including those that concern the …

Quantifying economic damages from climate change

M Auffhammer - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2018 - aeaweb.org
Climate scientists have spent billions of dollars and eons of supercomputer time studying
how increased concentrations of greenhouse gases and changes in the reflectivity of the …