Beyond the Ramsey model for climate change assessments

Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-21

  Baum, Seth ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Climate change; Discounting; Ethics; Ramsey growth model; Utilitarianism; Utility approximation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349184137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16118014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esep00082     Document Type: Article

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