The social cost of carbon and its policy implications

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 362-384

  Pearce, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; GREENHOUSE GAS;

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EID: 0141879482     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/19.3.362     Document Type: Article

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