Climate modelling with endogenous technical change: Stochastic learning and optimal greenhouse gas abatement in the PAGE2002 model

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1795-1807

  Alberth, Stephan ^a   Hope, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Endogenous technical change; Optimal abatement

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ENDOGENOUS TECHNICAL CHANGE; LEARNING INVESTMENTS; OPTIMAL GREENHOUSE GAS ABATEMENT;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

EID: 33845268617     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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