Risk mitigation and the social cost of carbon

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-131

  Howarth, Richard B ^a   Gerst, Michael D ^b   Borsuk, Mark E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate stabilization; Integrated assessment; Risk and uncertainty; Social cost of carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894294903     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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