Greenhouse gas auctions and taxes: Some political economy considerations

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-188

  Hahn, Robert W ^a,b  

^a AEI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION TAX; TAX SYSTEM;

EID: 67949121984     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/rep003     Document Type: Article

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