Why economic dynamics matter in assessing climate change damages: Illustration on extreme events

Ecological Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 330-340

  Hallegatte, Stéphane ^a,b   Hourcade, Jean Charles ^c   Dumas, Patrice ^c,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^d Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche sur l'Environnement et la Société   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic dynamics; Economic impacts; Extreme events

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXTREME EVENT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH MODELING; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 34247138700     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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