Policy-making under uncertainty: Commentary upon the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2615-2629

  Haar, Laura N ^a   Haar, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LLP ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy policy; EU Emissions Trading Scheme

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARKETING;

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG);

GAS EMISSIONS;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33746992219     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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