On modeling and interpreting the economics of catastrophic climate change

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Weitzman, Martin L ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69649097412     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/rest.91.1.1     Document Type: Article

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