Economic costs of extratropical storms under climate change: An application of FUND

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-384

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

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Economic impact; Extra tropical storms

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 77949573773     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640561003613138     Document Type: Article

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