Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Advance Access originally published online on December 4, 2008
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 2009 3(1):1-3; doi:10.1093/reep/ren023
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Introduction to the Issue
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Welcome to the fifth issue of the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, which once again includes articles, a symposium, and a set of features.
In the first of two articles in this issue, Geoffrey Heal reviews what we have learned about the economics of global climate change and related public policy from the extensive literature that has emerged in response to the controversial Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change. Heal provides his own perspective on the Stern Review (which was the focus of a symposium in our Winter 2008 issue) as well as his views on how the recent debate affects the economic case for action on