Regulating environmental threats

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-310

  Tsur, Yacov ^a   Zemel, Amos ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abrupt event; Climate change; Emission; Hazard rate; Pigouvian tax; Regulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; TAXATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABRUPT EVENT; HAZARD RATE; PIGOUVIAN TAX;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 38849204286     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-007-9127-2     Document Type: Article

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