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Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences Of A Hotter Planet

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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

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