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Climate Finance: What Is the Impact of Climate Change on Asset Prices?
项目编号http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/416567127
Professor Dr. HolgerKraft
项目主持机构Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
开始日期2018
英文摘要Theimpactofhighertemperaturesontherealeconomycanpotentiallybedisastrousandhasintensivelybeenanalyzedinso-calledintegratedassessmentmodels(IAMs).Sofar,however,thereislittleresearchstudyingtheimpactofclimatechangeonfinancialmarkets.Theexistingliteratureinthisareadoesnotattempttosimultaneouslyexplaintherelevantstylizedfactsinassetpricing(e.g.,highequitypremium,lowrisk-freerate,counter-cyclicalSharperatio)andtheinactionofmankindwhenitcomestodealingwithclimatechange(e.g.,theissueswithimplementingtheParisagreementandtheunwillingnessofsomeworldleaderstoacceptit).Ifamodelcannotrationalizebothissuesatthesametime,itisquestionablewhethermeaningfulpredictionsabouttheeffectofclimatechangeonassetpricescanbemade.Apotentialimpactofclimatechangeonassetpricescanhoweverbedevastatingsincemoderneconomiesarehighlyreliableonwellfunctioningassetmarkets.Ourprojectintendstofillthisgap.Weplantobuildaframeworkwhereinactionwithrespecttoclimatechangecanbearationaloutcomeresultingfromcoordinationproblems.Atthesametimewewillbeabletoexplainmajorstylizedfactsoftheassetpricingliterature.Thestartingpointofourresearchisalong-runriskmodelwheretherepresentativeagentcancontrolitscarbondioxideemissionsatsomecosts.Therepresentativeagentplaystheroleofacentralplannerwhogloballydecidesuponwhichabatementactionsaretobeimplemented.Thismodelservesasabenchmarkwherecoordinationproblemsaredisregarded.Inreality,therearehoweversevereproblemsofthiskind.AnexampleisthecurrentsituationwheresomeworldleadersthreatentoleavetheParisagreement.Therefore,itiscrucialtoexplicitlymodelthesecoordinationproblemsthatcanoccurwithinacountry(e.g.,householdsvs.firms)oracrosscountries(e.g.,richvs.poorcountries).Theseproblemsmakeitveryhardinpracticetoimplementstringentpoliciesagainstclimatechange.Consequently,wewanttodevelopandsolvetractablemodelsinvolvingendogenousclimatechangewhereseveralagentscanactivelytakeactionsagainstglobalwarming.Sinceeveryagentbenefitsfromtheactionsofallotheragents,therearepotentiallyseverefree-riderproblems.Ourmodelsshallbeabletoexplainweakclimatepolicies,butalsorationalizeobservedassetprices.Wewillalsobeabletomakepredictionsabouttheinfluenceofclimatechangeonassetpricesandconjecturewhathappenstorealinterestratesandequityreturnsifmankindimplementsmoreorlessstringentpoliciesagainstclimatechange.Takingintoaccounttheheterogeneousdistributionofclimateeffectsacrosscountries,thepotentialimplicationscanthenbestudiedfordifferentcountriesthataremoreorlessaffectedbyhighertemperatures.
学科分类1502 - 经济学;15 - 社会科学与人文
资助机构DE-DFG
项目类型Research Grants
国家DE
语种英语
文献类型项目
条目标识符http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/69383
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