TY - JOUR
T1 - Geography, institutions and development: a review of the long-run impacts of climate change
AU - Castells-Quintana, David
AU - Lopez-Uribe, Maria del Pilar
AU - McDermott, Thomas K.J.
PY - 2017/7/29
Y1 - 2017/7/29
N2 - © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The links among climate change, economic growth and economic development have gained increasing attention over recent years in both the academic and policy literature. However, most of the existing literature has tended to focus on direct, short-run effects of climate change on the economy, for example, due to extreme weather events and changes in agricultural growing conditions. In this paper, we review potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long-run economic development. These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of relative prosperity, or indirectly by modifying the environmental context in which political and economic institutions evolve. We consider potential mechanisms from climate change to long-run economic development that have been relatively neglected to date, including, for instance, effects on the distribution of income and political power. We conclude with some suggestions for areas of future research.
AB - © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The links among climate change, economic growth and economic development have gained increasing attention over recent years in both the academic and policy literature. However, most of the existing literature has tended to focus on direct, short-run effects of climate change on the economy, for example, due to extreme weather events and changes in agricultural growing conditions. In this paper, we review potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long-run economic development. These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of relative prosperity, or indirectly by modifying the environmental context in which political and economic institutions evolve. We consider potential mechanisms from climate change to long-run economic development that have been relatively neglected to date, including, for instance, effects on the distribution of income and political power. We conclude with some suggestions for areas of future research.
KW - climate change
KW - development
KW - economic growth
KW - geography
KW - institutions
U2 - 10.1080/17565529.2016.1167665
DO - 10.1080/17565529.2016.1167665
M3 - Review article
VL - 9
SP - 452
EP - 470
JO - Climate and Development
JF - Climate and Development
SN - 1756-5529
IS - 5
ER -