Economists and ecologists: modelling global climate change to different conclusions

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-262

  Patt, Anthony ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; integrated economic models; timediscounting; utility theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142686276     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.1999.004317     Document Type: Article

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