In this paper, we consider hail as a single source weather shock and we analyse the trade-off between anti-hail nets and insurance. We propose a simple theoretical model that is rooted into expected utility theory. After describing the basic model, we perform some comparative static analyses to...

Impact assessment models are a tool largely used to investigate the benefit of reducing polluting emissions and limiting the anthropogenic mean temperature rise. However, they have been often criticised for suggesting low levels of abatement. Countries and regions, that are generally the actors...