Uncertainty, learning and international environmental policy coordination

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-466

  Ulph, Alistair ^a   Maddison, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic games; Global warming; International agreements; Irreversibility; Learning; Uncertainty; Value of information

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAME THEORY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONAL REGULATION; MODELLING APPROACH; POLICY COORDINATION;

EID: 0031171463     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02441761     Document Type: Article

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