Accounting for the risk of extreme outcomes in an integrated assessment of climate change

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4540-4548

  Gerst, Michael D ^a   Howarth, Richard B ^b   Borsuk, Mark E ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cost benefit analysis; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLES; CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE SYSTEM; DISCOUNT RATES; ECONOMIC DAMAGES; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITALS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77953689498     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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