Equity and Distributional Implications of Climate Change

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1060

  Markandya, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cost benefit analysis; Equity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79956137407     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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