Uncertainty and the net benefits of emissions reductions of nitrogen oxides from electricity generation

Land Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 382-401

  Burtraw, Dallas ^a   Bharvirkar, Ranjit ^a   McGuinness, Meghan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 30244540011     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3147024     Document Type: Article

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