In 2009 the World Bank launched the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) study to provide up-to-date and consistent estimates of adaptation costs for developing countries. The EACC study addresses many of the shortcomings found in the adaptation cost literature. First, it defines...

This paper presents the first empirical analysis of the factors that lead electric utilities to participate in the Department of Energy's voluntary greenhouse gas registry, and the impact of participation on their actual emissions performance. We find that firms are more likely to participate...