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Modeling climate change adaptation in a computable general equilibrium model: an application to tourism
The issue of climate change adaptation becomes increasingly important in Switzerland, which has already faced higher than average global warming during the last decades. Winter tourism is expected to be one of the Swiss sectors most at risk from climate ch ...
2011Modeling Climate Change Adaptation in a Computable General Equilibrium Model: an Application to Tourism
The issue of climate change adaptation becomes increasingly important in Switzerland, which has already faced higher than average global warming during the last decades. Winter tourism is expected to be one of the Swiss sectors most at risk from climate ch ...
2011Three steps toward modeling Swiss post-2012 climate policies
This thesis presents three steps toward a more precise modeling of climate policies using hybrid models. Specific hybrid models have been devised and used to analyze different post-Kyoto Swiss climate policies. Chapter 1 presents a rather simple hybrid mod ...
EPFL2010Vulnerability of the economy to the potential disturbances of energy supply: A logic-based model with application to the case of China
The disturbances of energy supply that may result from both external and domestic events create a significant threat for national economy due to potential impacts on the productivity, employment and overall economic growth. Building scenarios of the econom ...
Elsevier2010The vulnerability of Switzerland towards climate change : the case of tourism
Cecilia Matasci, Juan Carlos Altamirano Cabrera
Tourism is one of the main sources of income in many Swiss Alpine regions. But this industry is highly sensitive to climate conditions. Then, tourism in the Alpine region is effectively affected (both positively and negatively) by climate change and people ...
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