Comparing Climate Commitments: A Model-Based Analysis of the Copenhagen Accord

Climate Change Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-103

  McKibbin, Warwick J ^a,b   Morris, Adele C ^b   Wilcoxen, Peter J ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate agreements; climate change economics; climate commitments; Climate treaty; comparability of efforts; Copenhagen Accord; international climate cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876306546     PISSN: 20100078     EISSN: 20100086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S201000781100022X     Document Type: Article

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