Minimax-regret climate policy with deep uncertainty in climate modeling and intergenerational discounting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107552
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- Stephen J. DeCanio & Charles F. Manski & Alan H. Sanstad, 2022. "Minimax-Regret Climate Policy with Deep Uncertainty in Climate Modeling and Intergenerational Discounting," NBER Working Papers 29716, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Stephen J. DeCanio & Charles F. Manski & Alan H. Sanstad, 2022. "Minimax-Regret Climate Policy with Deep Uncertainty in Climate Modeling and Intergenerational Discounting," Papers 2201.08826, arXiv.org.
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Climate policy; Minimax regret; Discount rate; Model uncertainty; Integrated assessment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
- Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy
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