[tt] Economists' Voice: Global Climate Change

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The Economists' Voice announces the following special issue. (Summaries 
and general information follow the titles -- to view full-text, click the 
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Special Issue: Global Climate Change
Special Editor: Lawrence H. Goulder, Stanford University

CITATIONS & SUMMARIES OF PUBLISHED ARTICLES

Joseph Stiglitz (2006) "A New Agenda for Global Warming", The Economists' 
Voice: Vol. 3: No. 7, Article 3.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss7/art3

SUMMARY:
Joseph E. Stiglitz presents his plan for getting the United States and the 
Developing World to address global warming, and argues that by failing to 
address this problem, the United States is implicitly subsidizing energy 
usage and engaging in unfair trade practices.


Sheila M. Olmstead and Robert N. Stavins (2007) "A Meaningful Second 
Commitment Period for the Kyoto Protocol", The Economists' Voice: Vol. 4: 
No. 3, Article 1.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss3/art1

SUMMARY:
Robert Stavins and Sheila Olmstead propose ways to modify the Kyoto 
Protocol for its second commitment period (2012-2016) so that it will 
provide a way forward that is scientifically sound, economically rational, 
and politically pragmatic.


Kenneth J. Arrow (2007) "Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy", 
The Economists' Voice: Vol. 4: No. 3, Article 2.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss3/art2

SUMMARY:
Kenneth J. Arrow explains why something must be done to limit global 
warming even if the Stern Report inadequately discounted future costs.


Thomas C. Schelling (2007) "Climate Change: The Uncertainties, the 
Certainties and What They Imply About Action", The Economists' Voice: Vol. 
4: No. 3, Article 3.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss3/art3

SUMMARY:
Thomas Schelling argues although the uncertainties regarding climate 
change are many, the certainties create certain urgencies and inaction is 
an extreme position; he emphasizes technological advance and governmental 
sponsorship.


Lawrence H. Goulder (2007) "California's Bold New Climate Policy", The 
Economists' Voice: Vol. 4: No. 3, Article 5.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss3/art5

SUMMARY:
Lawrence Goulder describes California's recent commitments addressing 
Global Climate Change and recommends that a cap-and-trade program play a 
key role in achieving the state's climate policy goals.


Scott Barrett (2007) "Proposal for a New Climate Change Treaty System", 
The Economists' Voice: Vol. 4: No. 3, Article 6.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss3/art6

SUMMARY:
The existing international agreements on climate change are inadequate, 
according to Scott Barrett, and a new approach is needed.


Joshua S. Gans (2007) "Do Voluntary Carbon Offsets Work?", The Economists' 
Voice: Vol. 4: No. 4, Article 7.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss4/art7

SUMMARY:
Voluntary purchases of offsets for carbon emissions have been criticized 
as potentially increasing emissions. However, Joshua S. Gans argues that 
even if offsets do increase the consumption of carbon intensive goods, net 
emissions will always fall because these goods will become less carbon 
intensive.


Rognvaldur Hannesson (2007) "Letter: The Other Problems with the Stern 
Report", The Economists' Voice: Vol. 4: No. 3, Article 4.
http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol4/iss3/art4

SUMMARY:
The Stern Report seems optimistic about the cost of emissions reductions, 
and does not seriously face the fact that stabilizing the climate could 
require keeping much of the world in poverty, according to Rognvaldur 
Hannesson.


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Regular Columnists:

- Laura Tyson, London Business School
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate, Columbia University
- Robert Solow, Nobel Laureate, MIT
- Suzanne Scotchmer, UC Berkeley
- Steven Salop, Georgetown Law Center
- Richard A. Posner, Judge, 7th Circuit; Lecturer, U. of Chicago
- Peter Orszag, Brookings Institution
- Douglass C. North, Nobel Laureate, Washington University
- Barry Nalebuff, Yale University
- Alicia Munnell, Boston College
- Paul Krugman, Princeton University
- Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University
- R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University
- Robert Hahn, American Enterprise Institute
- Bruno Frey, University of Zurich
- Aaron S. Edlin, UC Berkeley
- J. Bradford DeLong, UC Berkeley
- Guido Calabresi, Judge, 2nd Circuit; Professor Emeritus, Yale
- Michael J. Boskin, Stanford University & Hoover Institution
- Jadish Bhagwati, Columbia University
- Gary Becker, Nobel Laureate, U. of Chicago
- Lucian Bebchuk, Harvard University
- Ian Ayres, Yale University
- George Akerlof, Nobel Laureate, UC Berkeley