A lower bound to the social cost of CO 2 emissions

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 253-258

  Van Den Bergh, J C J M ^a,b   Botzen, W J W ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b VU University   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84897035859     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2135     Document Type: Review

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