Global warming and hyperbolic discounting

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 261-282

  Karp, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming; Hyperbolic discounting; Stock pollutant; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844264883     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2004.02.005     Document Type: Article

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