The economic cost of greenhouse-induced sea-level rise for developed property in the United States

Climatic Change

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-410

  Yohe, Gary ^a   Neumann, James ^b   Marshall, Patrick ^b   Ameden, Holly ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Industrial Economics Incorporated   (United States)

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EID: 0000276270     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00140353     Document Type: Article

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