The value of information in a risk management approach to climate change

The Value of Information: Methodological Frontiers and New Applications in Environment and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 19-43

  Kousky, Carolyn ^a   Cooke, Roger M ^b  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian belief nets; Catastrophic climate change; Climate policy; Integrated assessment; Risk management; Value at risk; Value of information

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875762365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4839-2_2     Document Type: Chapter

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