Technical innovation and design choices for emissions trading and other climate policies

Emissions Trading for Climate Policy: US and European Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 37-52

  Fischer, Carolyn ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58149180101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493485.004     Document Type: Chapter

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