By Frank Ackerman and Ian J. Finlayson. October 2006 Why do economic models of climate change so often find that the “optimal” policy is to do very little about this serious global threat? Frank Ackerman and Ian Finlayson examine the widely used DICE model, focusing on its choice of a discount rate, its somewhat dated […]
Climate Policy, volume 6 no. 5 (2006), pp.509-526. by Frank Ackerman and Ian Finlayson (Despite the nominal publication date, this first appeared in print in mid-2007.) Visit Climate Policy Why do economic models of climate change so often find that the “optimal” policy is to do very little about this serious global threat? Frank Ackerman […]
By Julie A. Nelson Cloth, $16.00 The University of Chicago Press, 2006 “Can be read for pleasure and enlightenment by economists and non-economists alike.”— The Times Literary Supplement Order from University of Chicago Press Summary: Is it asking too much to demand that businesses be socially and environmentally responsible? When child care and elder care are […]
By Frank Ackerman, Liz Stanton, and Rachel Massey. September, 2006
By Frank Ackerman and Liz Stanton. September 2006
By Julie A. Nelson. August, 2006
By Frank Ackerman (principal author), Liz Stanton, Rachel Massey, Brian Roach, and others report from the International Chemical Secretariat (Chemsec) to the European Parliament. March, 2006.
By Frank Ackerman February, 2006
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By Robert E. Lane Order on Amazon Kindle or from University of Michigan Press “Robert E. Lane is one of the most prominent and distinguished critics of both the human impact of market economies and economic theory, arguing from much research that happiness is more likely to flow from companionship, enjoyment of work, contribution to society, and the […]