The secondary benefits of climate change mitigation: An overlapping generations approach

Computational Management Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-257

  Bahn, Olivier ^a   Leach, Andrew ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental regulation; Growth; Health; Pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 41749107146     PISSN: 1619697X     EISSN: 16196988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10287-007-0048-x     Document Type: Article

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