The incidence of U.S. climate policy: Alternative uses of revenues from a cap-and-trade auction

National Tax Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 497-518

  Burtraw, Dallas ^a   Sweeney, Richard ^a   Walls, Margaret ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

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EID: 70449083274     PISSN: 00280283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17310/ntj.2009.3.09     Document Type: Article

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