The impact of climate change on the balanced growth equivalent: An application of FUND

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 351-367

  Anthoff, David ^a,b   Tol, Richard S J ^b,c,d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL ON EARTH SYSTEM MODELLING   (Germany)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balanced growth equivalent; Impacts of climate change; Stern Review

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BALANCED GROWTH EQUIVALENT; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; DAMAGE ESTIMATES; ECONOMIC CLIMATES; MITIGATION POLICIES; PER CAPITA INCOME; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE FUNCTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INCOME; MODELING; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 67650863214     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-009-9269-5     Document Type: Article

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