Below are working papers published in 2013 by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
The Institute regularly produces working papers, intended to stimulate discussion within the research community and among users of research. Their content may have been submitted for publication in academic journals. They have been reviewed by at least one internal referee before publication. The views expressed in these papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Institute.
May
Working Paper 113
Sectors under scrutiny – Evaluation of indicators to assess the risk of carbon leakage in the UK and Germany| (PDF, 2.15MB)
Misato Sato, Karsten Neuhoff, Verena Graichen, Katja Schumacher and Felix Matthes
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April
Working Paper 112
Discounting under disagreement| (PDF, 490KB)
Geoffrey Heal and Antony Millner
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Working Paper 111
Predicting agricultural impacts of large-scale drought: 2012 and the case for better modeling| (PDF, 638KB)
Joshua Elliot, Michael Glotter, Neil Best, Ken Boote, Jim Jones, Jerry Hatfield, Cynthia Rozenweig, Leonard A. Smith and Ian Foster
Working Paper 110
Economy-wide impacts of REDD when there is political influence| (PDF, 455KB)
Timothy Laing, Charles Palmer
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Working Paper 109
Declining discount rates and the Fisher Effect: inflated past, discounted future?| (PDF, 373KB)
Mark C. Freeman, Ben Groom, Ekaterini Panopoulou and Theologos Pantelidis
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March
Working Paper 108
Uncertainty and decision in climate change economics| (PDF, 559KB)
Geoffrey Heal and Antony Millner
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Working Paper 107
Fast-tracking “green” patent applications: an empirical analysis| (PDF, 773KB)
Antoine Dechezleprêtre
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February
Working Paper 106
Assessing the effectiveness of the EU Emissions Trading System| (PDF, 596KB)
Tim Laing, Misato Sato, Michael Grubb and Claudia Comberti
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Working Paper 105
Regime shifts in a social-ecological system| (PDF, 437KB)
Steven J. Lade, Alessandro Tavoni, Simon A. Levin and Maja Schluter
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January
Working Paper 104
Political competition, learning and the consequences of heterogeneous beliefs for long-run public projects| (PDF, 675KB)
Antony Millner, Hélène Ollivier and Leo Simon
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Working Paper 98
Do market-based instruments really induce more environmental R&D? A test using US panel data| (PDF, 319KB)
This is a revised version of the paper originally submitted in November 2012, entitled 'Does flexibility really induce more environmental R&D? A test using US panel data'
David Grover
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Working Paper 103
Laplace’s Demon and climate change| (PDF, 592KB)
Roman Frigg, Seamus Bradley, Hailiang Du and Leonard A. Smith