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The CONNECTICUT Model

The CONNECTICUT Model (Yohe and Wallace 1995) is a global model that combines elements of the probabilistic-scenario model of Nordhaus and Yohe (1983) and the DICE model (Nordhaus 1994). The model includes exogenously determined estimates of population and technological change while capital stock, fossil and nonfossil fuel consumption, and economic growth are determined endogenously. Uncertainties in key parameters are explicitly handled. The model has been used to assess optimal policy paths under the assumption that future revelation of non-market damages associated with a specified (but presently unknown) atmospheric-concentration threshold will motivate policy-makers to enact measures to ensure that the threshold is not passed.

For model availability and additional information on CONNECTICUT, contact the following:

Department of Economics
ATTN: Gary Yohe
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT 06429
USA.

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Sources

Parson, E.A. and K. Fisher-Vanden, Searching for Integrated Assessment: A Preliminary Investigation of Methods, Models, and Projects in the Integrated Assessment of Global Climatic Change. Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). University Center, Mich. 1995.

Suggested Citation

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). 1995. Thematic Guide to Integrated Assessment Modeling of Climate Change [online]. Palisades, NY: CIESIN. Available at http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/mva/iamcc.tg/TGHP.html [accessed DATE].