Even though deforestation in tropical developing countries releases large quantities of greenhouse gases, the Kyoto Protocol does not include mechanisms for forest conservation. Nevertheless, deforestation and forest degradation has now taken centre-stage as the developed countries, having...

This article examines the abatement in greenhouse gas emissions achievable in Papua New Guinea by a reduction in deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and its opportunity costs. The total abatement achieved by the cessation of logging for export in 2012 is estimated at between 658 and 788...

Even though deforestation in tropical developing countries releases large quantities of greenhouse gases, the Kyoto Protocol does not include mechanisms for forest conservation. Nevertheless, deforestation and forest degradation has now taken centre-stage as the developed countries, having...

This paper addresses the topic of cyclicality and discretion in Irish fiscal policy. In particular, we show that the level and nature of cyclicality varies across different expenditure components and we introduce a new definition of feasible discretion to take account of political imperatives in...

The study concerns an important specialized wheatgrowing area of Western Victoria, located approximately 200 miles northwest of Melbourne. Linear programming was used to examine the effect of changes in enterprise mix and resource combination on farm income. The adoption of uncommon enterprises,...

There is a limit to the quantity of greenhouse gases that may be emitted to the atmosphere if catastrophic climate change is to be avoided. There is a global carbon budget that should not be exceeded by 2050. The practical implication is that most of the world’s fossil fuel inventory must...

Climate Change and Growth in Asia is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues of climate change and global warming and their possible impacts on the growth of major Asian economies. The book addresses the climate change crisis in Asia within the context of three major challenges to growth:...