Climate Change Policy: Quantifying Uncertainties for Damages and Optimal Carbon Taxes
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Controversy surrounds climate change policy analyses because of uncertainties in climatic effects, impacts, mitigation costs and their distributions. Here ∗This research was conducted while the author was at the Institute for International Studies, Stanford University.
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