Global warming: Discounting is not the issue, but substitutability is

Energy Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-43

  Neumayer, Eric ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discounting; Natural capital; Substitutability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SUBSTITUTABILITY;

GLOBAL WARMING;

DISCOUNT RATE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033041651     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(98)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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