Climate change: Risk, ethics, and the stern review

Science

Volumn 317, Issue 5835, 2007, Pages 203-204

  Stern, Nicholas ^a   Taylor, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; EXHAUST GAS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TAX;

EID: 34447544405     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142920     Document Type: Short Survey

References (8)

1. W. Nordhaus, Science 317, 201 (2007).
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3. F. P. Ramsey, Econ. J. 38, 543 (1928).
4. In the review's modeling, the g in the discount rate is specific to the growth path in each of the thousands of model runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of aggregated-impact cost estimates.
5. T. Sterner, U. M. Persson, "An even sterner review: Introducing relative prices into the discounting debate," Working draft, May 2007; www.hgu.gu.se/files/nationalekonomi/personal/thomas%20sterner/b88.pdf
6. C. Hepburn, "The economics and ethics of Stern discounting," presentation at the workshop the Economics of Climate Change, 9 March 2007, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; www.economics.bham.ac.uk/maddison/ Cameron%20Hepburn%20Presentation.pdf
7. N. Stern, "Value judgments, welfare weights and discounting," Paper B of "After the Stern Review: Reflections and responses," 12 February 2007, Working draft of paper published on Stern Review Web site; www.sternreview.org.uk
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