Uncertainty and economic analysis of climate change: A survey of approaches and findings

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Peterson, Sonja ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Modeling; Survey; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MODELS; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE POLICY; FORMAL FRAMEWORK; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SURVEY METHOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 30544449939     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-005-9014-6     Document Type: Review

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