Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a survey and look forward

T. Balint, Francesco Lamperti (), Antoine Mandel, A. Roventini Author-Workplace-Name : OFCE-Sciences Pp and SKEMA Businees School and A. Sapio Author-Workplace-Name : Parathenope Universtiy of Naples
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T. Balint: Université Paris I, Panthéon -Sorbonne and CNRS
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No 2016-23, Documents de Travail de l'OFCE from Observatoire Francais des Conjonctures Economiques (OFCE)

Abstract: We provide a survey of the micro and macro economics of climate change from a complexity science perspective and we discuss the challenges ahead for this line of research. We identify four areas of the literature where complex system models have already produced valuable insights: (i) coalition formation and climate negotiations, (ii) macroeconomic impacts of climate-related events, (iii) energy markets and (iv) di usion of climate-friendly technologies. On each of these issues, accounting for heterogeneity, interactions and disequilibrium dynamics provides a complementary and novel perspective to the one of standard equilibrium models. Furthermore, it highlights the potential economic benefits of mitigation and adaptation policies and the risk of under-estimating systemic climate change-related risks.

Keywords: climate change; climate policy; climate economics; complex systems; agent-based models; socio-economic networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C63 Q40 Q50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-07
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Journal Article: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: A Survey and a Look Forward (2017)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: A Survey and a Look Forward (2017)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: A Survey and a Look Forward (2017)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: A Survey and a Look Forward (2017)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: A Survey and a Look Forward (2017)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
Working Paper: Complexity and the Economics of Climate Change: a Survey and a Look Forward (2016)
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