The use and misuse of models for climate policy

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 100-114

  Pindyck, Robert S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MODELING;

EID: 85017214364     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rew012     Document Type: Article

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