Fair trade and harmonization of climate change policies in Europe

Energy Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 749-753

  Viguier, Laurent ^a,b  

^a Inst d'Econ de Polit de l'Ener   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic permit allocation; GHG emissions trading; International competitiveness

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENERGY POLICY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

FAIR TRADE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0035427726     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(00)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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