Estimation of the economic impact of temperature changes induced by a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation: An application of FUND

Climatic Change

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-304

  Link, P Michael ^a   Tol, Richard S J ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SEA LEVEL; WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC SECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; REGIONAL VARIABILITY; RESPONSE PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL WARMING; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAGNITUDE; MARKET SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 78651240073     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9796-7     Document Type: Article

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