Estimates of the economic effects of sea level rise

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-129

  Darwin, Roy F ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^b,c,d  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct cost; Economic impacts; Equivalent variation; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SEA LEVEL;

DIRECT COST (DC); SEA LEVEL RISE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0035006710     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011136417375     Document Type: Article

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