Decision making under uncertainty and inertia constraints: Sectoral implications of the when flexibility

Energy Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 539-555

  Lecocq, Franck ^a   Hourcade, Jean Charles ^a   Duong, Minh Ha ^a  

^a Ctr Intl Rech l'Environ/Devmt   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Inertia; Sectoralization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EMISSION ABATEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 0032318499     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-9883(98)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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