Climate Change: The Ultimate Challenge for Economics
2019/05/31 by William Nordhaus, William D. Nordhaus · 928 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Energy · Environmental Science · #Climate Change Policy and Economics #Climate Change and Sustainable Development #Climate change #Economics #Global Energy and Sustainability Research #Natural resource economics #Neoclassical economics
paper · doi:10.1257/aer.109.6.1991
published in American Economic Review 109(6), 1991-2014 (American Economic Association)
openalex publication_date 2019/05/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
William D. Nordhaus delivered his Prize Lecture on 8 December 2018 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.
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