Climate impacts on economic growth as drivers of uncertainty in the social cost of carbon

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 401-425

  Moyer, Elisabeth J ^a   Woolley, Mark D ^b   Matteson, Nathan J ^c   Glotter, Michael J ^a   Weisbach, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LMI   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84908259726     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678140     Document Type: Article

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