Climate policy and the optimal balance between mitigation, adaptation and unavoided damage

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 71-92

  Bosello, Francesco ^a   Carraro, Carlo ^b   De Cian, Enrica ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

adaptation; Climate change impacts; integrated assessment model; mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856224391     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S201000781000008X     Document Type: Article

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