General equilibrium analysis of economic and environmental effects of carbon tax in a developing country: case of Thailand

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-211

  Timilsina, Govinda R ^a   Shrestha, Ram M ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Climate change; Developing countries; Environmental policy; General equilibrium analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746581305     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353921     Document Type: Article

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