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Journal of Economic Perspectives

ISSN 0895-3309 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7965 (Online)

Symposium on Global Climate Change

  • Richard Schmalensee
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 7, no. 4, Fall 1993
(pp. 3–10)
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Abstract

Global climate change, and policies to slow it or adapt to it, may be among the primary forces shaping the world's economy throughout the next century and beyond. Nonetheless, popular treatments of this issue commonly ignore economics. This introductory essay sketches some of the uncertainties and research questions.

Citation

Schmalensee, Richard. 1993. "Symposium on Global Climate Change." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 7 (4): 3–10. DOI: 10.1257/jep.7.4.3

JEL Classification

  • Q25 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water
  • Q21 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Demand and Supply (the Commons
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