TACKLING NEGATIVELY CORRELATED GLOBAL AND LOCAL EXTERNALITIES — AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF MULTIPLE GASES ISSUE IN CLIMATE CHANGE

Zili Yang and Surabi Menon ()
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Surabi Menon: ClimateWorks Foundation, 235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2013, vol. 04, issue 03, 1-21

Abstract: In this paper, we examine the relationship betweenCO2andSO2(including carbonaceous aerosols) mitigations in a framework of correlated global and local externalities. The framework is set up in a revised RICE model [Nordhaus, WD and Z Yang (1996). A regional dynamic general-equilibrium model of alternative climate-change strategies.American Economic Review, 86(4), 741–765], which we labeled as the RICES model (stands for RICE with${\rm \underline{S}ulfur}$). In RICES model, we pioneer the empirical modeling of negatively correlated global and local externalities through negative radiative forcing of aerosols. Through simulating different scenarios, we quantify the impacts of local pollution control efforts at mitigatingSO2emissions on climate change and indicate the policy implications of correlations betweenCO2andSO2emissions.

Keywords: Stock and flow externalities; climate change; air pollution; economic modeling; JEL Codes: C61; JEL Codes: D62; JEL Codes: Q53; JEL Codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1142/S2010007813500139

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