After Kyoto: A global scramble for advantage

Independent Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-40

  Yandle, Bruce ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PERC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; KYOTO PROTOCOL;

EID: 0032708834     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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