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Author(s): Weitzman ML
Published: July, 2011
Publisher: Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rer006
Tags: Economics
URL: http://reep.oxfordjournals.org/content/5/2/275.short
Abstract: In this article, I revisit some basic issues concerning structural uncertainty and catastrophic climate change. My target audience here are general economists, so this article could also be viewed as a somewhat less technical exposition that supplements my previous work. Using empirical examples, I argue that it is implausible that low-probability, high-negative impact events would not much influence an economic analysis of climate change. I then try to integrate the empirical examples and the theory together into a unified package with a unified message that the possibility of catastrophic climate change needs to be taken seriously.
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