The Role of Scenario Uncertainty in Estimating the Benefits of Carbon Mitigation
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- Alex L. Marten, 2014. "The Role Of Scenario Uncertainty In Estimating The Benefits Of Carbon Mitigation," Climate Change Economics (CCE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(03), pages 1-29.
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Keywords
social cost of carbon; integrated assessment; scenario uncertainty;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENE-2015-12-28 (Energy Economics)
- NEP-ENV-2015-12-28 (Environmental Economics)
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