Climate change and total factor productivity in the Tanzanian economy

Climate Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1289-1302

  Bezabih, Mintewab ^a   Chambwera, Muyeye ^b   Stage, Jesper ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation policy; Africa; economic development; economic models; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELING; NATIONAL ECONOMY; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

TANZANIA;

EID: 84860763427     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.579300     Document Type: Article

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