The Nordhaus Racket: How to Use Capitalization to Minimize the Cost of Climate Change and Win a Nobel for ‘Sustainable Growth’

The Nordhaus Racket: How to Use Capitalization to Minimize the Cost of Climate Change and Win a Nobel for ‘Sustainable Growth’
Bichler, Shimshon and Nitzan, Jonathan. (2018). Research Note. 3 November. pp. 1-4. (Article - Working Paper; English).

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https://rwer.wordpress.com/2018/11/05/the-nordhaus-racket-how-to-use-capitalization-to-minimize-the-cost-of-climate-change-and-win-a-nobel-for-sustainable-growth/, https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/184690, http://www.academia.edu/37723050/The_Nordhaus_Racket_How_to_Use_Capitalization_to_Minimize_the_Cost_of_Climate_Change_and_Win_a_Nobel_for_Sustainable_Growth

Abstract or Brief Description

The LA Times called the bluff: William D. Nordhaus won the Nobel prize in economics for a climate model that minimized the cost of rising global temperatures and undermined the need for urgent action. Unfortunately, though, the article missed the nugget in the racket.

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English

Publication Type

Article - Working Paper

Keywords

capitalization climate change discounting

Subject

BN Methodology
BN Policy
BN Capital & Accumulation
BN Ecology & Environment
BN Growth

Depositing User

Jonathan Nitzan

Date Deposited

04 Nov 2018 13:29

Last Modified

13 Nov 2018 23:06

URL:

http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/id/eprint/561

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