1. Mitigating global warming: a real options approach.
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Chesney, Marc, Lasserre, Pierre, and Troja, Bruno
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GLOBAL warming ,CLIMATE change ,GROSS domestic product ,CLIMATOLOGY ,GROSS national product - Abstract
Mitigation and adaptation represent two solutions to the issue of global warming. While mitigation aims at reducing $$\hbox {CO}_2$$ emissions and preventing climate change, adaptation encompasses a broad scope of techniques used to reduce the impacts of climate change once they have occurred. Both have direct costs on a country's gross domestic product, but costs also arise from temperature increases due to inaction. This paper introduces a tipping point in a real options model and analyzes optimal investment choices in mitigation and their timing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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