Catastrophic events and stochastic cost-benefit analysis of climate change: Editorial

Climatic Change

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-255

  Azar, Christian ^a   Lindgren, Kristian ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0037327903     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021743622080     Document Type: Review

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