Economy-wide estimates of the implications of climate change: Sea level rise

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 549-571

  Bosello, Francesco ^a,b   Roson, Roberto ^a,b,c   Tol, Richard S J ^d,e,f,g  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^g CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Impacts of climate change; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEA LEVEL;

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; COST ESTIMATES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; SEA LEVEL RISE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; DIKE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY BUDGET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 34249782587     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9048-5     Document Type: Article

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