Graciela Y Chichilnisky

Sustainability: Dynamics and Uncertainty (Economics, Energy and Environment)

of ecological (also biological) variables b which interact in their dynamic t evolution: det dbt dt = f (et, bt)' dt = 9 (et, bt) Among the solution paths to this interaction between economic and ecologi cal variables, we look for those which are sustainable. Sustainable paths are typically those al...

Markets, Information and Uncertainty: Essays in Economic Theory in Honor of Kenneth J. Arrow

Markets, Information and Uncertainty is a collection of essays by leading theorists offering powerful new insights on the role of uncertainty and information in today's market. This book features Kenneth Arrow on information and the organization of industry, Roy Radner on new technologies, Graciela ...

Saving Kyoto : An insider's guide to the Kyoto Protocol: how it works, why it matters and and what it means for the future

The Evolving International Economy

This book focuses on the main issues of trade and development, and on the attainment of the major development goals generally espoused in the international community: rapid development in the Third World, sustained economic expansion in the industrial countries and the eradication of deep inequaliti...

Topology and Markets (Fields Institute Communications, 22)

This volume presents the proceedings of a workshop on geometry, topology, and markets held at The Fields Institute. The workshop was attended by eminent mathematicians and financial and economic theorists. Using a topological approach, the volume discusses new mathematics and its applications to soc...

Environmental Markets

Markets are increasingly central to the resolution of environmental problems. They played a critical role in implementing the 1990 Clean Air Act of the United States, which has been instrumental in reducing acid rain in a cost-effective manner. They are also central to the global strategy adopted fo...

Saving Kyoto

Chichilnisky's first-hand accounts of the rivalries and intrigues that always attend international summiteering are fascinating, as is the rest of the book. - Geographical magazine Publishing in August 2009 in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen on 7-18 Decemb...

The Economics of the Yasuní Initiative: Climate Change as if Thermodynamics Mattered (Anthem Environmental Studies)

Climate change lends itself to both political economy and humor. Vogel argues that mainstream economics fails to recognize the thermodynamic nature of climate change, thereby missing the point of Northern appropriation of the atmospheric sink. The payment Ecuador seeks for not drilling in the Yasuní...