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title: Closing models, opening debates: theoretical uncertainty and the low-carbon transition
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5045204/
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identifier: SSRN 5045204
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featured: 2024-12-18
citations: 0
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# Closing models, opening debates: theoretical uncertainty and the low-carbon transition

The research questions traditional assumptions in Energy-Economy-Environment modeling, suggesting they may hide the varied effects of decarbonization policies.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5045204
- Identifier: SSRN 5045204
- Released: 2024-12-05
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 79 (2024-12-18): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-12-18/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): 0
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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