Discounting and distributional considerations in the context of globalwarming

Ecological Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-184

  Azar, Christian ^a   Sterner, Thomas ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Discounting; Distribution ofincome; Pure rate of time preference

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST ANALYSIS; DISCOUNT RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030274290     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8009(96)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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