Optimal control models and elicitation of attitudes towards climate damages

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-147

  Ambrosi, Philippe ^a   Hourcade, Jean Charles ^a   Hallegatte, Stéphane ^a   Lecocq, Franck ^b   Dumas, Patrice ^a   Ha Duong, Minh ^a  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change damages; Climate sensitivity; Cost benefit; Cost efficiency; Decision making frameworks; Optimal climate policy; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAMAGE DETECTION; DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE POLICY; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COST BENEFITS; COST EFFICIENCY; DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS; UNCERTAINTY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041375303     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025586922143     Document Type: Article

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