Carbon offsets, reversal risk and US climate policy

Carbon Balance and Management

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mignone, Bryan K ^a,b   Hurteau, Matthew D ^c   Chen, Yihsu ^d   Sohngen, Brent ^e,f  

^a BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Merced   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

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EID: 67651021961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1750-0680-4-3     Document Type: Article

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