Determining Benefits and Costs for Future Generations
- 26 July 2013
- journal article
- policy forum
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 341 (6144), 349-350
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1235665
Abstract
The United States and others should consider adopting a different approach to estimating costs and benefits in light of uncertainty.Keywords
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