Optimal investment in clean production capacity

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-345

  Fischer, Carolyn ^a   Withagen, Cees ^b   Toman, Michael ^c  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

capacity investment; clean technology; pollution accumulation

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL INVESTMENTS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY;

COSTS; INVESTMENTS; POLLUTION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; WEATHERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CLEANER PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 3042763986     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000031057.52949.01     Document Type: Article

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