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Welfare measurement under threats of environmental catastrophes

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  • Tsur, Yacov
  • Zemel, Amos
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    Volume (Year): 52 (2006)
    Issue (Month): 1 (July)
    Pages: 421-429

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    Handle: RePEc:eee:jeeman:v:52:y:2006:i:1:p:421-429
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    1. Lee Endress & James Roumasset & Christopher Wada, 2016. "Do Natural Disasters Make Sustainable Growth Impossible?," Working Papers 2016-12, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
    2. Kimberly Burnett & Sittidaj Pongkijvorasin & James Roumasset, 2012. "Species Invasion as Catastrophe: The Case of the Brown Tree Snake," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 51(2), pages 241-254, February.
    3. Zhang, Xiao-Bing & Zhu, Lei, 2017. "Strategic carbon taxation and energy pricing under the threat of climate tipping events," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 352-363.
    4. Can Askan Mavi, 2016. "Uncertain Catastrophic Events : Another Source of Environmental Traps ?," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-01275174, HAL.
    5. Omar Chisari, 2010. "Notes on Optimal Growth, Climate Change Calamities, Adaptation and Mitigation," Research Department Publications 4685, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
    6. Polasky, Stephen & de Zeeuw, Aart & Wagener, Florian, 2011. "Optimal management with potential regime shifts," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 229-240, September.
    7. Tsur, Yacov & Zemel, Amos, 2012. "Dynamic and stochastic analysis of environmental and natural resources," Discussion Papers 120017, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.
    8. Tsur, Yacov & Zemel, Amos, 2006. "Regulating Environmental Threats," Discussion Papers 7150, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management.

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