Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming

by William D. Nordhaus and Joseph Boyer

Book Overview

This book presents in detail a pair of models of the economics of climate change. The models, called RICE-99 (for the Regional Dynamic Integrated model of Climate and the Economy) and DICE-99 (for the Dynamic Integrated Model of Climate and the Economy) build on the authors' earlier work, particularly their RICE and DICE models of the early 1990s.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262640546
• ISBN13: 9780262640541
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher