Richard S.J. Tol
University of Sussex
713 Papers
9.8K Citations
Richard S.J. Tol is an academic researcher from University of Sussex. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Greenhouse gas. The author has an hindex of 116, co-authored 695 publications. Previous affiliations of Richard S.J. Tol include VU University Amsterdam & University of Southampton.
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Papers
Disasters and Development: Natural Disasters, Credit Constraints and Economic Growth
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple two-period equilibrium model of the economy is used to demonstrate the potential effects of extreme event occurrences such as natural or humanitarian disasters on economic growth over the medium to long-term.
Klum@Gtap: Introducing Biophysical Aspects of Land-Use Decisions into a General Equilibrium Model: a Coupling Experiment
TL;DR: In this article, the global agricultural land use model KLUM is coupled to an extended version of the computable general equilibrium model (CGE) GTAP in order to consistently assess the integrated impacts of climate change on global cropland allocation and its implication for economic development.
Civil war, climate change, and development: A scenario study for sub-Saharan Africa
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a model of development, civil war and climate change, which is calibrated to sub-Saharan Africa and a double Monte Carlo analysis is conducted to account for both parameter uncertainty and stochasticity.
Equity weighting and the marginal damage costs of climate change
TL;DR: This article analyzed the impact of equity weighting on the marginal damage cost of carbon dioxide emissions, and reached four main conclusions: equity-weighted estimates are substantially higher than estimates without equity-weights; equity weights may even change the sign of the social cost estimates; estimates differ by two orders of magnitude depending on the region to which the equity weights are normalised.
THE EU 20/20/2020 targets: An overview of the EMF22 assessment
TL;DR: In this paper, three computable general equilibrium models are used to estimate the economic implications of a stylized version of EU climate policy, and the models agree that the distortions introduced by total EU package imply a substantial welfare loss over and above the costs needed to meet the climate target.