Stephan, Gunter; Muller-Furstenberger, Georg - In: Kyklos 51 (1998) 3, pp. 321-38
This paper carries out a numerical thought experiment on greenhouse gas abatement. The main results can be summarized as follows: first, a high degree of intergenerational altruism might support 'sustainable' atmospheric carbon concentration, but imposes high welfare losses on current...