PRECAUTION AND A DISMAL THEOREM: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE POLICY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH

Gary Yohe and Richard S.J. Tol ()

No FNU-145, Working Papers from Research unit Sustainability and Global Change, Hamburg University

Abstract: We discuss the implication of Weitzman's Dismal Theorem for climate policy and climate research.

Keywords: climate change; uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: Written 2007-08
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