Catastrophic risks

International Journal of Green Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 130-141

  Chichilnisky, Graciela ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Axioms of choice; Catastrophic risks; Fear; Outliers; Rare events; Risk and uncertainty; Topology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860536810     PISSN: 17449928     EISSN: 17449936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGE.2009.030989     Document Type: Article

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