Improving efficiency in bilateral emission trading

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-33

  Burtraw, Dallas ^a   Harrison, Kenneth W ^b   Turner, Paul ^c  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

^c Coopers and Lybrand/Palmer Bellevue ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Emission trading; Incentive based regulation; International environmental regulation; Multiple equilibria

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL EMISSION TRADING;

AIR QUALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BILATERAL TRADE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MODELLING APPROACH;

EUROPE;

EID: 0031883953     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008236224091     Document Type: Article

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