Climate policy in hard times: Are the pessimists right?

Ecological Economics

Volumn 114, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-241

  Kachi, Aya ^a   Bernauer, Thomas ^a   Gampfer, Robert ^a  

^a University of Zurich and Center for Comparative and International Studies   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK PERCEPTION;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927720571     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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