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Q 23. Option 4. All of them measure the damages done to society
Q 24. Option 2. Social discount rate is the interest rate used to discount the social projects
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QUESTION 23 2 points Save Answer What economic metrics do economists use to measure climate change?...
OOO QUESTION 22 2 points What methods do economists use to put specific dollar values on lives lost? Benefit-cost a...
OOO QUESTION 22 2 points What methods do economists use to put specific dollar values on lives lost? Benefit-cost analysis Pigovian taxes Risk-fatality trade-offs Externalities QUESTION 23 2 points What economic metrics do economists use to measure climate change? Social Cost of Carbon Present Value damages from climate change as a percent of GDP Net losses in GDP from damages minus abatement All of the above QUESTION 24 2 points The social discount rate is not the same as the...
QUESTION 23 What economic metrics do economists use to measure climate change? Social Cost of Carbon...
QUESTION 23 What economic metrics do economists use to measure climate change? Social Cost of Carbon O Present Value damages from climate change as a percent of GDP O Net losses in GDP from damages minus abatement All of the above
QUESTION 24 The social discount rate is not the same as the market interest rate. Why?...
QUESTION 24 The social discount rate is not the same as the market interest rate. Why? O capital markets adjust to all risks o market interest rates reflect the demand for all investments O capital markets are not perfect capital markets are uncertain
QUESTION 35 Which of the following is not an economic metric for estimating climate change damages?...
QUESTION 35 Which of the following is not an economic metric for estimating climate change damages? O Social damage as a function of GDP o social cost of carbon O optimal temperature conditional on abatement and damage total stock of carbon emissions
QUESTION 34 What is abatement? Getting used to climate change Reducing damages by mitigation Not emitting...
QUESTION 34 What is abatement? Getting used to climate change Reducing damages by mitigation Not emitting carbon Cleaning up damages from emissions QUESTION 35 Which of the following is not an economic metric for estimating climate change damages? Social damage as a function of GDP social cost of carbon O optimal temperature conditional on abatement and damage total stock of carbon emissions QUESTION 36 Is the social discount rate a constant value? Yes, it is always positive No, it can...
QUESTION 4 What does the Social Cost of Carbon include? Only damages from climate change each...
QUESTION 4 What does the Social Cost of Carbon include? Only damages from climate change each year Only damages from climate change every year Future damages net of abatement Future damages plus abatement cost QUESTION 5 What does the Marginal Abatement Cost function show? How much it costs to abate an extra unit of carbon How much it costs to increase temperatures How much it costs to abate ll carbon emissions How much it costs to reduce climate change damages...
QUESTION 28 In the context of long-term environmental change, are capital markets perfect? Yes, they reflect...
QUESTION 28 In the context of long-term environmental change, are capital markets perfect? Yes, they reflect preferences for investment now versus investment later Yes, they are based on many persons decisions about savings and investment No, interest rates in capital markets are lower than individual interest rates No, capital markets do not reflect the preferences of future generations QUESTION 29 What changes to health status might be expected with climate change? More heat-related diseases Fewer QALYS New epidemics All of...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 31 Why is abatement so important? Because it can offset damages Because...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 31 Why is abatement so important? Because it can offset damages Because requires us to give up resources in the present Because it reduces the need to adapt All of the above QUESTION 32 Why do individual people discount the future? they think the future will be worse they think the future is worth more than the present they are impatient the present is uncertain QUESTION 33 What do inwestors discount the future? they think investments...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 10 What is the elasticity of the marginal utility of consumption? OA...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 10 What is the elasticity of the marginal utility of consumption? OA measure of future uncertainty A measure of how much richer people value extra consumption A measure of the social discount rate A measure of present value consumption QUESTION 11 Why might gamma discounting make sense? People do not discount at constant rates People do discount at constant rates People do not like the future as much as the present People like the future more...
QUESTION 21 2 points Save Answer Why might house prices not adjust to reflect flood probabilities? O Psychological bias...
QUESTION 21 2 points Save Answer Why might house prices not adjust to reflect flood probabilities? O Psychological bias O Government flood insurance programs Commitment bias O All of the above
OOO QUESTION 22 2 points What methods do economists use to put specific dollar values on lives lost? Benefit-cost analysis Pigovian taxes Risk-fatality trade-offs Externalities QUESTION 23 2 points What economic metrics do economists use to measure climate change? Social Cost of Carbon Present Value damages from climate change as a percent of GDP Net losses in GDP from damages minus abatement All of the above QUESTION 24 2 points The social discount rate is not the same as the...
QUESTION 23 What economic metrics do economists use to measure climate change? Social Cost of Carbon O Present Value damages from climate change as a percent of GDP O Net losses in GDP from damages minus abatement All of the above
QUESTION 24 The social discount rate is not the same as the market interest rate. Why? O capital markets adjust to all risks o market interest rates reflect the demand for all investments O capital markets are not perfect capital markets are uncertain
QUESTION 35 Which of the following is not an economic metric for estimating climate change damages? O Social damage as a function of GDP o social cost of carbon O optimal temperature conditional on abatement and damage total stock of carbon emissions
QUESTION 34 What is abatement? Getting used to climate change Reducing damages by mitigation Not emitting carbon Cleaning up damages from emissions QUESTION 35 Which of the following is not an economic metric for estimating climate change damages? Social damage as a function of GDP social cost of carbon O optimal temperature conditional on abatement and damage total stock of carbon emissions QUESTION 36 Is the social discount rate a constant value? Yes, it is always positive No, it can...
QUESTION 4 What does the Social Cost of Carbon include? Only damages from climate change each year Only damages from climate change every year Future damages net of abatement Future damages plus abatement cost QUESTION 5 What does the Marginal Abatement Cost function show? How much it costs to abate an extra unit of carbon How much it costs to increase temperatures How much it costs to abate ll carbon emissions How much it costs to reduce climate change damages...
QUESTION 28 In the context of long-term environmental change, are capital markets perfect? Yes, they reflect preferences for investment now versus investment later Yes, they are based on many persons decisions about savings and investment No, interest rates in capital markets are lower than individual interest rates No, capital markets do not reflect the preferences of future generations QUESTION 29 What changes to health status might be expected with climate change? More heat-related diseases Fewer QALYS New epidemics All of...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 31 Why is abatement so important? Because it can offset damages Because requires us to give up resources in the present Because it reduces the need to adapt All of the above QUESTION 32 Why do individual people discount the future? they think the future will be worse they think the future is worth more than the present they are impatient the present is uncertain QUESTION 33 What do inwestors discount the future? they think investments...
Question Completion Status: QUESTION 10 What is the elasticity of the marginal utility of consumption? OA measure of future uncertainty A measure of how much richer people value extra consumption A measure of the social discount rate A measure of present value consumption QUESTION 11 Why might gamma discounting make sense? People do not discount at constant rates People do discount at constant rates People do not like the future as much as the present People like the future more...
QUESTION 21 2 points Save Answer Why might house prices not adjust to reflect flood probabilities? O Psychological bias O Government flood insurance programs Commitment bias O All of the above
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