Informing climate policy given incommensurable benefits estimates

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-297

  Jacoby, Henry D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit estimation; Climate policy; Non monetary valuation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MITIGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EID: 4344580705     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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