Extensions and alternatives to climate change impact valuation: On the critique of IPCC Working Group III's impact estimates

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-81

  Fankhauser, Samuel ^a,b   Tol, Richard S J ^c   Pearce, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 3042904241     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X98000047     Document Type: Article

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