Abatement costs in response to the Swedish charge on nitrogen oxide emissions

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-120

  Isaksson, Lena Höglund ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abatement cost; Combustion plants; Double hurdle; Emission charge; Low hanging fruit; Nitrogen oxides; Refund; Sweden; Win win

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITROGEN OXIDES;

ABATEMENT COSTS; COMBUSTION PLANTS; ENERGY PRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ABATEMENT COST; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

EID: 20444414191     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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