Uncertainty and climate change

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 3-39

  Heal, Geoffrey ^a   Kriström, Bengt ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

ECONOMISTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EID: 0036282297     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015556632097     Document Type: Review

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