Searching for triple dividends in South Africa: Fighting CO2 pollution and poverty while promoting growth

Energy Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-141

  van Heerden, Jan ^a   Gerlagh, Reyer ^b   Blignaut, James ^a   Horridge, Mark ^c   Hess, Sebastiaan ^b   Mabugu, Ramos ^a   Mabugu, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GAS EMISSIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; FOOD PRICES; REVENUE RECYCLING SCHEMES;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33645745222     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol27-No2-7     Document Type: Article

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