Descriptive or conceptual models? Contributions of economics to the climate policy debate

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-427

  Decanio, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Economic models; Equity; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144480583     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-005-8333-z     Document Type: Article

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