Transaction costs of unilateral CDM projects in India - Results from an empirical survey

Energy Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2385-2397

  Krey, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clean development mechanism (CDM); India; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COSTS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS (CER); CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM); TRANSACTION COSTS;

ENERGY POLICY;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; TRANSACTION COST;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 14844361947     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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