The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review - Softcover

Stern, Nicholas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521700809 ISBN 13: 9780521700801

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Independent, rigorous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of climate change.

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About the Author

Sir Nicholas Stern is Adviser to the UK Government on the Economics of Climate Change and Development, reporting to the Prime Minister. As well as being Head of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, he is Head of the Government Economic Service, and previously Second Permanent Secretary to Her Majesty's Treasury and Director of Policy and Research for the Prime Minister's Commission for Africa. He is also a former Chief Economist for the World Bank and Special Counsellor to the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. His research and publications have focused on economic development and growth, economic theory, tax reform, public policy and the role of the state and economies in transition. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book is Growth and Empowerment: Making Development Happen (MIT Press, 2005).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521700809
• ISBN 13: 9780521700801
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 712