Reflections-in search of crosswalks between macroeconomics and environmental economics

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-317

  Smith, V Kerry ^a  

^a ALFRED P SLOAN FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Environmental macro analysis; Stylized facts

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84865399962     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/res009     Document Type: Article

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