@article{9ce4b205e3dd4a8e91d83764488ca326,
title = "CO2, climate, and statistical inference: A note on asking the right questions",
abstract = "This paper argues that the delay required for resolution of uncertainty in the technical information for policy making depends on how the relevant policy issues are posed. The relationship between CO2 and global mean temperature is used to illustrate the argument in terms of the testing of specific hypotheses.",
author = "{Kerry Smith}, V.",
note = "Funding Information: {\textquoteleft}Thanks are due to William Fulkerson, J. Murray Mitchell, and William Nordhaus for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. Partial support for this research was provided by NOAA Contract NA-79-SAC-00754. The views expressed are entirely the author{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteleft}After a clear description of the CO,-climate issue, Mitchell observed that ours is the generation that must come to grips with the carbon dioxide vigorous research effort to allow us to understand all of its ramifications is the generation that may have to act.. to phase out our accustomed before we have all the knowledge that we would like to have to absolutely necessary. [5. last page]. Copyright: Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "1981",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1016/0095-0696(81)90049-8",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "391--394",
journal = "Journal of Environmental Economics and Management",
issn = "0095-0696",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "4",
}