

Richard Tol
Key publications




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List of publications
Tol, RichardS.J. (2022). 2021 awards Energy Economics, 105:.
Stern, DavidI. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2021). Depth and breadth relevance in citation metrics Economic Inquiry, 59(3):961--977.
García Alvarez, G. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2021). The impact of the Bono Social de Electricidad on energy poverty in Spain Energy Economics, 103:.
Letta, M. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2019). Weather, Climate and Total Factor Productivity Environmental and Resource Economics, :1--23.
Chatzivasileiadis, T., Estrada, F., Hofkes, M.W. and R.S.J. Tol (2019). Systematic Sensitivity Analysis of the Full Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise, Computational Economics, 53(3):1183--1217.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2019). A social cost of carbon for (almost) every country Energy Economics, 83:555--566.
Hwang, I.C., Tol, R.S.J. and M.W. Hofkes. (2019). Active Learning and Optimal Climate Policy, Environmental and Resource Economics, 73(4):1237--1264.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2019). Editorial - Special issue on replication Energy Economics, 82:1--3.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2018). Policy Brief - Leaving an emissions trading scheme: Implications for the United Kingdom and the European Union Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 12(1):183--189.
Letta, M., Montalbano, P. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2018). Temperature shocks, short-term growth and poverty thresholds: Evidence from rural Tanzania World Development, 112:13--32.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2018). Gender at energy economics Energy Economics, 72:558--559.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2018). The economic impacts of climate change Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 12(1):4--25.
Keerthiratne, S. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2018). Impact of natural disasters on income inequality in Sri Lanka World Development, 105(May):217--230.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2017). The structure of the climate debate Energy Policy, 104:431--438.
Hwang, I.C., Reynès, F. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2017). The effect of learning on climate policy under fat-tailed risk Resource and Energy Economics, 48:1--18.
Tol, R., Nicholls, R., Brown, S., Hinkel, J., Vafeidis, A. and Spencer, T. (2016). Comment on 'The Global Impacts of Extreme Sea-Level Rise: A Comprehensive Economic Assessment' Environmental and Resource Economics, 64(2):341--344.
Anthoff, D., Estrada, F. and Tol, R. (2016). Shutting down the thermohaline circulation American Economic Review, 106(5):602--606.
Hwang, I., Tol, R. and M. Hofkes (2016). Fat-tailed risk about climate change and climate policy, Energy Policy, 89:25--35.
Tol, R. (2015). Bootstraps for Meta-Analysis with an Application to the Impact of Climate Change Computational Economics, 46(2):287--303.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2014). Correction and update: The economic effects of climate change Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(2):221--226.
Tol, R. (2014). Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the literature: A re-analysis Energy Policy, 73:701--705.
Arrow, KennethJ., Cropper, MaureenL., Gollier, C., Groom, B., Heal, GeoffreyM., Newell, RichardG., Nordhaus, WilliamD., Pindyck, RobertS., Pizer, WilliamA., Portney, PaulR., Sterner, T., Tol, RichardS.J. and Weitzman, MartinL. (2014). Should governments use a declining discount rate in project analysis? Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 8(2):145--163.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2014). Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the literature: Rejoinder Energy Policy, 73:709.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2014). Corrigendum to 'Targets for global climate policy: An overview' [J. Econ. Dyn. Control 37 (2013) 911-928] Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 42:.
McDermott, T., Barry, F. and Tol, R. (2014). Disasters and development: natural disasters, credit constraints, and economic growth Oxford Economic Papers, 66(3):750--773.
Lynch, M.Á., Shortt, A., Tol, RichardS.J. and O'Malley, MarkJ. (2013). Risk-return incentives in liberalised electricity markets Energy Economics, 40:598--608.
Ang, B.W., Tol, RichardS.J. and Weyant, JohnP. (2013). Editorial: New data policy Energy Economics, 40:.
Driscoll, Á., Lyons, S., Mariuzzo, F. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2013). Simulating demand for electric vehicles using revealed preference data Energy Policy, 62:686--696.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2013). Climate policy with Bentham-Rawls preferences Economics Letters, 118(3):424--428.
Hwang, I., Reynes, F. and Tol, R. (2013). Climate Policy Under Fat-Tailed Risk: An Application of Dice Environmental and Resource Economics, 56(3):415--436.
Callaghan, N. and Tol, R. (2013). UK Tourists, the Great Recession and Irish Tourism Policy Economic and Social Review, 44(1):103--116.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2013). Targets for global climate policy: An overview Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 37(5):911--928.
Calzadilla, A., Zhu, T., Rehdanz, K., Tol, R.S.J. and Ringler, C. (2013). Economywide impacts of climate change on agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa Ecological Economics, 93:150--165.
Hyland, M., Leahy, E. and Tol, R.S.J. (2013). The potential for segmentation of the retail market for electricity in Ireland Energy Policy, 61:349--359.
Anthoff, D. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2012). Climate damages in the FUND model: A comment Ecological Economics, 81:.
Leahy, E., Devitt, C., Lyons, S. and Tol, R. (2012). The cost of natural gas shortages in Ireland Energy Policy, 46:153--169.
Lynch, M., O'Malley, M. and Tol, R. (2012). Optimal interconnection and renewable targets for Northwest Europe Energy Policy, 51:605--612.
Mayor, K., Lyons, S., Duffy, D. and Tol, R. (2012). A hedonic analysis of the value of rail transport in the Greater Dublin Area Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 46(2):239--261.
Tol, R. (2012). A cost-benefit analysis of the EU 20/20/2020 Package Energy Policy, 49:288--295.
Tol, R. (2012). On the uncertainty about the total economic impact of climate change Environmental and Resource Economics, 53(1):97--116.
Hennessy, H. and Tol, R. (2011). The Impact of Climate Policy on Private Car Ownership in Ireland Economic and Social Review, 42(2):135--158.
Leahy, E., Lyons, S. and Tol, R. (2011). Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in Ireland Economic and Social Review, 42(4):407--436.
Leahy, E. and Tol, R. (2011). An estimate of the value of lost load for Ireland Energy Policy, 39(3):1514--1520.
Hennessy, H. and Tol, R. (2011). The Impact of Tax Reform on New Car Purchases in Ireland Energy Policy, 39(11):7059--7067.
Commins, N., Lyons, S., Schiffbauer, M. and Tol, R. (2011). Climate Policy and Corporate Behaviour Energy Journal, 32(4):51--68.
Tol, R. (2011). The Social Cost of Carbon Annual Review of Resource Economics, 3:419--443.
Leahy, E., Lyons, S. and Tol, R. (2011). The Distributional Effects of Value Added Tax in Ireland Economic and Social Review, 42(2):213--234.
Calzadilla, A., Rehdanz, K. and Tol, R. (2011). Water scarcity and the impact of improved irrigation management: A computable general equilibrium analysis Agricultural Economics, 42(3):305--323.
Bazilian, M., Rogner, H., Howells, M., Hermann, S., Arent, D., Gielen, D., Steduto, P., Mueller, A., Komor, P., Tol, R. and Yumkella, K. (2011). Considering the Energy, Water, and Food Nexus: Towards an Integrated Modelling Approach Energy Policy, 39(12):7896--7906.
Gorecki, P.K., Lyons, S. and Tol, R. (2010). EU climate change policy 2013-2020: Using the clean development mechanism more effectively in the non-EU-ETS sector Energy Policy, 38(11):7466--7475.
Anthoff, D. and Tol, R. (2010). On international equity weights and national decision making on climate change Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 60(1):14--20.
Osmani, D. and Tol, R. (2010). The case of two self-enforcing international agreements for environmental protection with asymmetric countries Computational Economics, 36(2):93--119.
Zandersen, M. and Tol, R. (2009). A meta-analysis of forest recreation values in Europe Journal of Forest Economics, 15(1-2):109--130.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2009). The feasibility of low concentration targets: An application of FUND Energy Economics, 31(SUPPL. 2):S121--S130.
Kuik, O., Brander, L. and Tol, R. (2009). Marginal abatement costs of greenhouse gas emissions: A meta-analysis Energy Policy, 37(4):1395--1403.
Tol, R. (2009). Intra- and extra-union flexibility in meeting the European union's emission reduction targets Energy Policy, 37(11):4329--4336.
Callan, T., Lyons, S., Scott, S., Tol, RichardS.J. and Verde, S. (2009). The distributional implications of a carbon tax in Ireland Energy Policy, 37(2):407--412.
Böhringer, C., Rutherford, ThomasF. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2009). THE EU 20/20/2020 targets: An overview of the EMF22 assessment Energy Economics, 31(SUPPL. 2):S268--S273.
Anthoff, D. and Tol, R. (2009). The impact of climate change on the balanced growth equivalent: An application of FUND Environmental and Resource Economics, 43(3):351--367.
Tol, R. and Yohe, G. (2009). The stern review: A deconstruction Energy Policy, 37(3):1032--1040.
Tol, R. (2009). Intra-union flexibility of non-ETS emission reduction obligations in the European Union Energy Policy, 37(5):1745--1752.
Osmani, D. and Tol, R. (2009). Toward farsightedly stable international environmental agreements Journal of Public Economic Theory, 11(3):455--492.
Tol, R., Pacala, S. and Socolow, R. (2009). Understanding long-term energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in the USA Journal of Policy Modeling, 31(3):425--445.
Tol, R. (2009). The economic effects of climate change Journal of Economic Perspectives, 23(2):29--51.
Anthoff, D., Hepburn, C. and Tol, R. (2009). Equity weighting and the marginal damage costs of climate change Ecological Economics, 68(3):836--849.
Bosello, F., Roson, R. and Tol, R. (2008). Economy-wide Estimates of the Implications of Climate Change - A Rejoinder Ecological Economics, 66(1):14--15.
Strzepek, K., Tol, R., Yohe, G. and Rosegrant, M. (2008). The value of the high Aswan Dam to the Egyptian economy Ecological Economics, 66(1):117--126.
Ruane, FrancesP. and Tol, RichardS.J. (2008). Erratum: Centres of research excellence in economics in the Republic of Ireland (Economic and Social Review) Economic and Social Review, 39(1):79--80.
Ruane, F. and Tol, R. (2007). Centres of research excellence in economics in the Republic of Ireland Economic and Social Review, 38:289--322.
Tol, R. (2007). Carbon dioxide emissions scenarios for the USA Energy Policy, 35:5310--5326.
Tol, R. and Weyant, J. (2007). Changes at energy economics Energy Economics, 29(5):1131--1134.
Tol, R., Ebi, K. and Yohe, G. (2007). Infectious disease, development, and climate change, A scenario analysis Environment and Development Economics, 12:687--706.
Tol, R. (2007). Europe’s long term climate target: A critical evaluation Energy Policy, 35(1):424--434.
Bosello, F., Roson, R. and Tol, R. (2007). Economy-wide estimates of the implications of climate change: Sea level rise Environmental and Resource Economics, 37:549--571.
Mayor, K. and Tol, R. (2007). The impact of the UK aviation tax on carbon dioxide emissions and visitor numbers Transport Policy, 14(6):407--513.
O'Doherty, J. and Tol, R. (2007). An environmental input-output model for Ireland Economic and Social Review, 38(2):157--190.
Bosello, F., Roson, R. and Tol, R. (2006). Economy-Wide estimates of the implications of climate change: Human health Ecological Economics, 58:579--591.
Schwoon, M. and Tol, R. (2006). Optimal CO2-abatement with socio-economic inertia and induced technological change Energy Journal, 27(4):25--60.
Rehdanz, K., Tol, R. and Wetzel, P. (2006). Ocean carbon sinks and international climate policy Energy Policy, 34:3516--3526.
Tol, R. (2006). Energy economics 'most influential papers' Energy Economics, 28(4):405--409.
Tol, R. (2005). The marginal damage costs of carbon dioxide emissions: an assessment of the uncertainties Energy Policy, 33(16):2064--2074.
Tol, R. (2005). Emission abatement versus development as strategies to reduce vulnerability to climate change: An application of FUND’ Environment and Development Economics, 10:615--629.
Rehdanz, K. and Tol, R. (2005). Unilateral regulation of bilateral trade in greenhouse gas emission permits Ecological Economics, 54:397--416.
Frankhauser, S. and Tol, R. (2005). On climate change and economic growth Resource and Energy Economics, 27:1--17.
Tol, R. and Weyant, J. (2005). Energy economics Energy Economics, 27(4):551--552.
Tol, R. (2004). On dual-rate discounting Economic Modelling, 21(1):95--98.
Kemfert, C., Lise, W. and Tol, R. (2004). Games of climate change with international trade Environmental and Resource Economics, 28:209--232.
Tol, R. (2004). Editorial Energy Economics, 26(1):5--6.
Link, P. and Tol, R. (2004). Possible economic impacts of a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation: an application of FUND Portuguese Economic Journal, 3:99--114.
Tol, R. and Verheyen, R. (2004). State responsibility and compensation for climate change damages: A legal and economic assessment Energy Policy, 32(9):1109--1130.
Tol, R. (2002). New estimates of the damage costs of climate change, Part II: dynamic estimates Environmental and Resource Economics, 21(1):135--160.
Tol, RichardS.J. (2002). The Impact of Climate Change on the United States Economy Environment and Development Economics, 7(3):593--601.
Tol, R. (2002). Review of 'the impacts of climate change on the united states economy' Environment and Development Economics, 7(3):600--601.
Tol, R. (2002). Fearnside's unified index for time preference: a comment Ecological Economics, 41:33--34.
Tol, R. (2002). New estimates of the damage costs of climate change, Part I: benchmark estimates Environmental and Resource Economics, 21(1):47--73.
Tol, R. (2002). Welfare specification and optimal control of climate change: an application of fund Energy Economics, 24(4):367--376.
Tol, R. (2001). Climate coalitions in an integrated assessment model Computational Economics, 18:159--172.
van der Veeren, R.J.H.M. and Tol, R. (2001). Benefits of a reallocation of nitrate emission reductions in the Rhine river basin Environmental and Resource Economics, 18(1):19--41.
Darwin, R. and Tol, R. (2001). Estimates of the economic effects of sea level rise Environmental and Resource Economics, 19(2):113--129.
Tol, R. (2001). Equitable cost-benefit analysis of climate change Ecological Economics, 36(1):71--85.
Duraiappah, A. and Tol, R. (2001). Introduction Computational Economics, 18(2):137--139.
Tol, R. (2000). Mathematical modeling in economics, ecology and the environment Economic Journal, :.
Fankhauser, S., Smith, J. and Tol, R. (1999). Weathering Climate Change: Some Simple Rules to Guide Adaptation Decisions Ecological Economics, 30:67--78.
Tol, R. (1999). The Marginal Costs of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Energy Journal, 20(1):61--81.
Tol, R. (1999). Review of 'The Environmental Consequences of Growth: Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline [Review of: D.E. Booth (1999) Review of 'The Environmental Consequences of Growth: Steady-State Economics as an Alternative to Ecological Decline] Economic Journal, 109(453):F247--F252.
Tol, R. (1999). Spatial and Temporal Efficiency in Climate Policy: Applications of FUND Environmental and Resource Economics, 14(1):33--49.
Tol, R. (1999). Kyoto, Efficiency, and Cost-Effectiveness Energy Journal, :130--156.
Tol, R. (1998). Short-Term Decisions under Long-Term Uncertainty Energy Economics, 20:557--569.
Tol, R. (1998). On the Difference in Impact between Two Almost Identical Climate Scenarios Energy Policy, 26(1):13--20.
Fankhauser, S., Tol, R. and Pearce, D. (1998). Extensions and Alternatives to Climate Change Impact Valuation: On the Critique on IPCC WG3's Impact Estimates Environment and Development Economics, 3:59--81.
Tol, R. (1998). Climate Change and Insurance: A Critical Appraisal Energy Policy, 26(3):257--262.
Fankhauser, S., Tol, R. and Pearce, D. (1997). The Aggregation of Climate Change Damages: A Welfare Theoretic Approach Environmental and Resource Economics, 10:249--266.
Tol, R. (1997). -- [Review of: S. Fankhauser. Valuing Climate Change: The Economics of the Greenhouse] Economic Journal, 107(444):1586--1588.
Tol, RichardS.J. (1996). The damage costs of climate change towards a dynamic representation Ecological Economics, 19(1):67--90.
Fankhauser, S. and Tol, RichardS.J. (1996). Climate change costs: Recent advancements in the economic assessment Energy Policy, 24(7 SPEC. ISS.):665--673.
Heintz, RoebyemJ. and Tol, R.S. (1995). Joint implementation and uniform mixing Energy Policy, 23(10):911--917.
Richard, S.J.Tol (1995). The damage costs of climate change toward more comprehensive calculations Environmental and Resource Economics, 5(4):353--374.
Tol, RichardS.J. (1994). The damage costs of climate change: a note on tangibles and intangibles, applied to DICE Energy Policy, 22(5):436--438.