Determining the environmental effects of indirect subsidies: Integrated method and application to the Netherlands

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2465-2482

  van Beers, Cees ^a   van den Bergh, Jeroen C J M ^b   de Moor, André ^c   Oosterhuis, Frans ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MICROECONOMICS; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TAX SYSTEM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348940706     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600592833     Document Type: Article

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