Emission abatement versus development as strategies to reduce vulnerability to climate change: An application of FUND

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 615-629

  Tol, Richard S J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27144504671     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X05002354     Document Type: Article

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