Technical support document: Social cost of carbon for regulatory impact analysis under executive order 12866

Social Cost of Carbon Estimates for Regulatory Impact Analysis: Development and Technical Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-64

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CHEMISTRY; NONMETALS;

REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL COST OF CARBON; TECHNICAL SUPPORT;

CARBON;

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