Ethiopia's growth prospects in a changing climate: A stochastic general equilibrium approach

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 701-710

  Arndt, Channing ^a   Robinson, Sherman ^b   Willenbockel, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Computable general equilibrium analysis; Development; Growth dynamics; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; STOCHASTICITY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 79956280296     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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