To mitigate or to adapt: How to confront global climate change

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Buob, Seraina ^a,b   Stephan, Gunter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NCCR in Climate   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mitigation and adaptation; Public good with private substitutes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952707653     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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