Regime shifts and uncertainty in pollution control

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 939-950

  De Zeeuw, Aart ^a   Zemel, Amos ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Catastrophic transitions; Environmental pollution; Mitigation; Optimal management; Q28; Q52; Q54; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860469678     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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