Global warming, uncertainty and endogenous technical change

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-301

  Castelnuovo, Efrem ^a   Moretto, Michele ^b   Vergalli, Sergio ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Endogenous technical change; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CONTROL VARIABLE; DOMESTIC EMISSIONS; ECOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; PHYSICAL INVESTMENTS; SUSTAINABLE GROWTH; TECHNICAL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 22444442348     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENMO.0000004582.29948.d4     Document Type: Article

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