Uncertainty and endogenous technical change in climate policy models

Energy Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2817-2828

  Baker, Erin ^a   Shittu, Ekundayo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental policy; Technology R D; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY;

CLIMATE POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TECHNICAL CHANGES; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 52049094557     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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