With and , the marginal damage is . Integrating the constant and linear terms gives
The prefactor is in the corresponding dollar–temperature–time units. For the historical scenario with and , the bracket is , so . For , , giving global dollars per tonne. Restricting impacts to ten per cent gives .
The factor of about 107 reduction comes from both the higher discount rate and the geographical restriction; it is not a change in climate physics. The administration descriptions are those of the 2019 question, not claims about present policy. With a net discount rate of only one per cent, a century-scale horizon contributes substantially, making the linear warming and exponential income extrapolations consequential assumptions.
For constant marginal annual damage and positive discount rate , use the Laplace transform of the preceding equations:
The approximation uses but does not require choosing an order between and . At zero discount rate the integral diverges in this model because the pulse leaves permanent positive warming and damages remain constant per degree.