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Global warming and the American economy : a regional assessment of climate change impacts / edited by Robert Mendelsohn. - xiv, 209 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - New horizons in environmental economics . - New horizons in environmental economics. .

"In association with the Electric Power Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Agriculture : agronomic-economic analysis / Richard M. Adams and Bruce A. McCarl -- Agriculture : a Ricardian analysis / Robert Mendelsohn -- Timber : ecological-economic analysis / Brent Sohngen and Robert Mendelsohn -- Water resources : economic analysis / Brian Hurd and Megan Harrod -- Coastal structures : dynamic economic modeling / James E. Neumann and Nicholas D. Livesay -- Energy : cross-sectional analysis / Robert Mendelsohn -- Adaptation / Robert Mendelsohn -- Synthesis / Robert Mendelsohn and Joel B. Smith.

The impact of climate change on the United States is explored in this collection. The hypothesis of the study is that warming would be beneficial to the economies of the colder regions but harmful to the economies of the warmer more southern regions.

ISBN: 1840645938 9781840645934

LCCN: 2001018972

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA209490 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 010763453 Uk

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1981-2001

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Climatic changes--United States.
Climat--Changements--�Etats-Unis.
Climatic changes.
Economic history--Regional disparities.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.--1981-2001
United States--Economic conditions--Regional disparities.--1981-
�Etats-Unis--Conditions �economiques--Disparit�es r�egionales.--1981-2001
United States.

LC Class. No.: HC106.8 / .G594 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 330.973/092

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 339.5073