Climate risks and carbon prices: Revising the social cost of carbon

Economics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ackerman, Frank ^a   Stanton, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate economics; Climate policy; Cost benefit analysis; Social cost of carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865101604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18646042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2012-10     Document Type: Article

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