Environmental cost-benefit analysis of alternative timing strategies in greenhouse gas abatement: A data envelopment analysis approach

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1633-1642

  Kuosmanen, Timo ^a   Bijsterbosch, Neil ^b,c   Dellink, Rob ^b,d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MWH BV   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ancillary benefits; Applied general equilibrium modeling; Climate change; Eco efficiency; Environmental performance

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 62349122124     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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