On the Economics of Happiness and Climate Change
Sekulova, Filka
van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M., dir. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular

Imprint:	[Barcelona] : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2013
Description:	1 recurs electrònic (95 p.)
Abstract:	The present study bridges the field of happiness economics with the economics of climate change, based on two research questions. One is related to the effects of (extreme) climate events on individual happiness and their qualitative measurement. The empirical method to analyze this relation includes the identification of proxies of extreme climate events and studying their relationships with well-being for the impacted population. Here floods, and to some extent forest fires, are taken as an approximation of extreme climate events. The second research question concerns the way happiness studies can inform climate policy and how stringent climate policy would affect well-being. Assuming that effective climate abatement implies a reduction in the rate of economic (income) growth and carbon intensive consumption, I look at how income decline influences subjective well-being in the context of the economic crisis in Spain. To explore the happiness effect of a wider range of climate change mitigation strategies, including ones which are not solely policy-oriented, the sharing of goods is also taken as a case of a community-based initiative resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Note:	Tesi doctoral - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, 2013
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Tesi doctoral ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Sharing ; Well-being ; Life-satisfaction
ISBN:	9788449038648

Adreça alternativa: https://hdl.handle.net/10803/120213

95 p, 1.6 MB

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