Integrated assessment models and the social cost of carbon: A review and assessment of U.S. experience

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 80-99

  Metcalf, Gilbert E ^a   Stock, James H ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017247784     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rew014     Document Type: Article

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