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Climate Change Remedies

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The law and economics analysis of the climate change remedies has been focused on the question of which would be the policy instrument most suited to provide incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The literature focuses mainly on the comparison of carbon taxes and emission trading scheme. But a relevant role can be played by financial and insurance instruments, especially considering the adaptation and mitigation strategies. Finally, another instrument is considered, largely used to internalize other environmental externalities but still not so much analysed for climate change, the liability system.

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  1. Department of Management, Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Donatella Porrini

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    Alain Marciano

  2. Dept DiGSPES, Univ del Piemonte Orientale Dept DiGSPES, Alessandria, Italy

    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Porrini, D. (2017). Climate Change Remedies. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_616-1

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