Climate-response functions

This paper develops climate-response functions for sensitive market sectors in the United States' economy using two empirical methods. The experimental approach constructs a process-based impact model from the results of controlled experiments. Reduced-form equations can be estimated from the m...

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Published in:Ambio 1999-06, Vol.28 (4), p.362-366
Main Authors: Mendelsohn, R, (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT (USA))Schlesinger, M.E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agroforestry
CAMBIO CLIMATICO
CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE
Climate change
Climate models
CLIMATIC CHANGE
Climatology
Crop economics
Crops
DESARROLLO ECONOMICO
DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE
Ecological modeling
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Economic models
EFECTO INVERNADERO
EFFET DE SERRE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
ETATS UNIS
EUA
EVALUACION DEL IMPACTO AMBIENTAL
EVALUATION IMPACT SUR ENVIRONNEMENT
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
MODELE DE SIMULATION
Modeling
MODELOS DE SIMULACION
Sea level rise
SIMULATION MODELS
USA
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Summary:This paper develops climate-response functions for sensitive market sectors in the United States' economy using two empirical methods. The experimental approach constructs a process-based impact model from the results of controlled experiments. Reduced-form equations can be estimated from the model responses to multiple climate scenarios. The cross-sectional approach estimates response functions directly from empirical evidence in the field. Both methods indicate that agriculture, forestry, and energy have a hill-shaped relationship to temperature. Precipitation, sea-level rise, and carbon dioxide are also important.
ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209