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Time Preference, Stock Externalities and Strategic Reactions

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This paper examines the relationship between the rateof time preference and strategic reactions in dealing with climate change caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Treating climate change as stock externalities, the RICE model (Nordhaus and Yang [1996]) is employed in this paper for simulation studies. The simulation results show that when regions' rate of time preference in evaluating climatechange is sufficiently low, the paths of efficient GHGemission reduction measurement and the inefficient Nash equilibrium outcome are close. The paper also provides general interpretations of such phenomena. Finally, the implications of a low rate of time preference on GHG emission reduction policies are discussed. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

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  • Zili Yang, 2001. "Time Preference, Stock Externalities and Strategic Reactions," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 18(2), pages 233-250, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:18:y:2001:i:2:p:233-250
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1011160620922
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