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Title: Asset diversification versus climate action

Author(s): Christoph Hambel, Holger Kraft and Frederick van der Ploeg

Publication Date: June 2020

Keyword(s): asset prices, carbon price, Climate finance, decarbonization, disaster risk, Diversification and green assets

Programme Area(s): Macroeconomics and Growth

Abstract: 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 affect asset prices.

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Hambel, C, Kraft, H and van der Ploeg, F. 2020. 'Asset diversification versus climate action'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=14863