Estimation of the marginal abatement costs of airborne pollutants in Korea's power generation sector

Energy Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-560

  Kwon, Oh Sang ^a   Yun, Won Cheol ^b  

^a Research Center for New Bio materials in Agriculture   (South Korea)

^b Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cost effectiveness; Distance function; Marginal abatement costs; Power generation sector

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON MONOXIDE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GAS EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PUBLIC POLICY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

AIR QUALITY; COST; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0033386820     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-9883(99)00021-3     Document Type: Article

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