Numerical analysis of non-constant pure rate of time preference: A model of climate policy

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-101

  Fujii, Tomoki ^a   Karp, Larry ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hyperbolic discounting; Non constant pure rate of time preference; Non renewable resources; Numerical methods; Observational equivalence; Stern Review

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

HYPERBOLIC DISCOUNTING; NON RENEWABLE RESOURCES; OBSERVATIONAL EQUIVALENCE; STERN REVIEWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 44749094413     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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