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| Title | Do pandemics change the calculus in climate policy? |
| Description | The likelihood of pandemics such as COVID-19 may be linked to climate change. This might change the damage cost estimates for climate change as captured by the social cost of carbon and hence the desirable stringency of greenhouse gas emission reductions and increases in the global average temperature. |
| Home institution | Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law |
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| Type of work | conceptual / theoretical |
| Type of thesis | Bachelor's or Master's degree |
| Author | Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhringer |
| Status | available |
| Problem statement | The thesis should review the literature on the interplay between climate change and the likelihood as well as the economic damages triggered by pandemics. |
| Requirement | microeconomics, climate economics, public economics |
| Created | 19/04/21 |
