The marginal damage costs of carbon dioxide emissions: An assessment of the uncertainties

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 2064-2074

  Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Marginal damage costs

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; DAMAGE COSTS; DISCOUNT RATE;

ENERGY POLICY;

CARBON EMISSION; COST; DISCOUNT RATE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 13844255156     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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