Financial innovation and climate change: The case of renewable energy certificates and the role of the GATS

World Trade Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-460

  Delimatsis, Panagiotis ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 70450170123     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745609004406     Document Type: Article

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