A Chinese sky trust?. Distributional impacts of carbon charges and revenue recycling in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1771-1784

  Brenner, Mark ^a   Riddle, Matthew ^a   Boyce, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon charges; Global warming; Income redistribution

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARBON CHARGES; INCOME REDISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; SKY TRUST;

GAS EMISSIONS;

CARBON; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL WARMING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845272277     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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