green economists ask big questions
Matthew Kahn, whose new book “Green Cities” is now available, has an interesting list of the “big questions” in environmental economics.
…Such as: How large are the economic costs caused by climate change? How much green R&D is being triggered? What are green public policies?
He got to thinking about this issue after keynoting a fascinating green economics conference at Vail (which I would have attended…but for the carbon offsets).
What’s fascinating for me is that we’re now starting to get answers to many of the questions green economists have been asking for years.
…Such as the ecotourism value of our islands’ native forests ($1B on O`ahu alone, according to this UHERO study. Note that this is more than the state and local taxes paid by Hawaii’s tourist industry in a typical year.)
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