Risk aversion, intergenerational equity and climate change

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-207

  Ha Duong, Minh ^a   Treich, Nicolas ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

climate change; discounting; equity; risk aversion

Indexed keywords

INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY; RISK AVERSION;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUITY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 4043181349     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000029915.04325.25     Document Type: Article

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