Burden sharing in a greenhouse: Egalitarianism and sovereignty reconciled

Applied Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 981-996

  Böhringer, Christoph ^a,b   Welsch, Heinz ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING; SOVEREIGNTY;

EID: 33744927698     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500399453     Document Type: Article

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