Can transition economies implement a carbon tax and hope for a double dividend? The case of Estonia

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 705-709

  Kiuila, Olga ^a   Markandya, Anil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TAX; TAX REFORM; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650246027     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504850701221816     Document Type: Article

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