On setting near-term climate policy while the dust begins to settle: The legacy of the Stern Review

Energy and Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 621-633

  Yohe, Gary ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^b   Murphy, Dean ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c THE BRATTLE GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate policy; Risk and equity aversion; Social discount rate; Stern Review

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ANALYSIS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE POLICY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CAPPING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

EID: 41949106847     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.18.5.621     Document Type: Review

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