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Optimal response functions in global pollution problems can be upward-sloping: accounting for adaptation

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  • Udo Ebert & Heinz Welsch, 2011. "Optimal response functions in global pollution problems can be upward-sloping: accounting for adaptation," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 13(2), pages 129-138, June.
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    DOI: 10.1007/s10018-011-0008-0
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    Keywords

    Global pollution; Adaptation; Mitigation; Optimal response; Emission equilibrium; Q54; D62; H41;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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