Stock externalities and the diffusion of less polluting capital: An option approach

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 395-420

  Baudry, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Environmental tax; Option models; Pollution thresholds; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TAX; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0033393290     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(99)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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