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Robert Mendelsohn
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 311
Citations - 22386
Robert Mendelsohn is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Global warming. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 307 publications receiving 20864 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert Mendelsohn include Battelle Memorial Institute & Princeton University.
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The economics of adaptation to climate change in developing countries
TL;DR: In this article, economic theory suggests that adaptations are efficient only if their benefit exceeds their cost, and that private adaptations are likely to be efficient because the benefits and cost accrue to the decision maker.
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The Role of Markets and Governments in Helping Society Adapt to a Changing Climate
TL;DR: The authors examines the role of markets and government in efficient adaptation responses to climate change and provides an economic perspective of adaptation to climate changes, showing that for adaptation to be efficient, the benefits from following adaptations must exceed the costs.
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Phytoremediation, a sustainable remediation technology? II: Economic assessment of CO2 abatement through the use of phytoremediation crops for renewable energy production.
Nele Witters,Robert Mendelsohn,S. Van Passel,S Van Slycken,Nele Weyens,Eloi Schreurs,Erik Meers,Filip Tack,Bernard Vanheusden,Jaco Vangronsveld +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, marginal abatement cost (MAC) CO2, metal contamination, Subsidy, Energy crops, Adapted gross income (AGI), Phytoremediation
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The impact of sea level rise on Singapore
Wei-Shiuen Ng,Robert Mendelsohn +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore whether Singapore should defend their coast or allow it to be inundated by sea level rise and find that protection was the lowest cost strategy for protecting the coasts of Singapore.
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An empirical analysis of air pollution dose-response curves
Robert Mendelsohn,Guy H. Orcutt +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors combine information from 2 million death certificates and 2 million observations from the Public Use Sample to measure the chronic effects of several air pollutants on white mortality rates.