Why worry about climate change? A research agenda

Environmental Values

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 437-470

  Tol, R S J ^a,b,c  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cost benefit analysis; Impacts; Valuation

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION CONTROL; ESTIMATION METHOD;

EID: 54949143545     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327108X368485     Document Type: Article

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