Climate policy without tears: CGE-based ancillary benefits estimates for Chile

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-317

  Dessus, Sébastien ^a   O'Connor, David ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b OECD   (France)

Author keywords

"no regrets"; Abatement; Ancillary benefits; Carbon tax; CGE modelling; Climate change

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GAS EMISSIONS; HEALTH RISKS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE POLICY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HEALTH IMPACT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CHILE;

EID: 0038164955     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024469430532     Document Type: Article

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