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Book Title: Climate Shock : the Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
Item Length: 7.9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6.9in
Author: Martin L. Weitzman, Gernot Wagner
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Features: Revised
Topic: Environmental Economics, Global Warming & Climate Change, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Genre: Science, Business & Economics, Political Science
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages