Asset Diversification versus Climate Action

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Asset pricing and climate policy are analyzed in a global economy where consumption goods are produced by both a green and a carbon-intensive sector. We allow for endogenous growth and three types of damages from global warming. It is shown that, initially, the desire to diversify assets complements the attempt to mitigate economic damages from climate change. In the longer run, however, a trade-off between diversification and climate action emerges. We derive the optimal carbon price, the equilibrium risk-free rate, and risk premia. Climate disasters, which are more likely to occur sooner as temperature rises, significantly increase risk premia.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 8476

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty ; Financial Crises ; Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates ; Environmental Economics: General ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Subject: decarbonisation ; diversification ; carbon price ; asset prices ; green assets ; disaster risk

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hambel, Christoph ; Kraft, Holger ; van der Ploeg, Rick
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223548
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET