A simple formula for the social cost of carbon

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-94

  van den Bijgaart, Inge ^a   Gerlagh, Reyer ^a   Liski, Matti ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Integrated assessment models; Social cost of carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; COSTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC FORMULA; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; CLOSED-FORM FORMULAE; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; PARAMETER CHOICE; PARAMETER-DRIVEN; PERFORMANCE LIMITS; SOCIAL COST OF CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH;

EID: 84960480022     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.01.005     Document Type: Article

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