Feebates: An effective regulatory instrument for cost-constrained environmental policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3965-3976

  Johnson, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feebates; Refunded emission payments

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FEEBATES; REFUNDED EMISSION PAYMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; TAXATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

ENERGY POLICY;

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PLANNING LEGISLATION; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 33749985184     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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