The economics of inaction on climate change: A sensitivity analysis

Climate Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 509-526

  Ackerman, Frank ^a   Finlayson, Ian J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natural Resource Damages and Restoration   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; DICE model; Discount rates; Economic modelling; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCOUNT RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION TAX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249804472     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2006.9685617     Document Type: Article

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