Sulfur dioxide allowances: Trading and technological progress

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 623-631

  Kumar, Surender ^a   Managi, Shunsuke ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distance function; Environmental policy; Sulfur dioxide allowances trading; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149112495     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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