Examining the use of subsidies for the abatement of greenhouse gas emissions through experimental simulations

European Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 184-197

  Olsson, Lars E ^a,b   Akiyama, Manabu ^c   Gärling, Tommy ^a   Gustafsson, Mathias ^a   Loukopoulos, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Emission policy; Experimental game; Governmental subsidies; Market experiment; Sustainable production

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 33747854982     PISSN: 09610405     EISSN: 10990976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.427     Document Type: Article

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