Freer markets and the abatement of carbon emissions: The electricity-generating sector in India

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-152

  Khanna, Madhu ^a   Zilberman, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Energy efficiency; Policy distortions; Welfare economics

Indexed keywords

WELFARE ECONOMICS;

CARBON; COMMERCE; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

INDIA;

EID: 0033059691     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-7655(99)00002-0     Document Type: Article

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