Leakage and comparative advantage implications of agricultural participation in greenhouse gas emission mitigation

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-494

  Lee, Heng Chi ^a   McCarl, Bruce A ^b   Schneider, Uwe A ^c   Chen, Chi Chung ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agricultural and forest sector; Greenhouse gas; International trade; Leakage; Mitigation implementation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KYOTO PROTOCOL; LEAKAGE; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; MITIGATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247326024     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-006-2941-y     Document Type: Article

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