Green payments and dual policy goals

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-335

  Feng, Hongli ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Cost effect; Green payments; Income support; Information rent; Mechanism design

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION; GREEN PAYMENTS; INCOME SUPPORT; INFORMATION RENT; MECHANISM DESIGN;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ABATEMENT COST; CONSERVATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 35548961423     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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