Standard oriented environmental policy: Cost-effectiveness and incentives for 'green technology'

German Economic Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-107

  Endres, Alfred ^a   Rundshagen, Bianca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

'Pricing and standards' approach; Asymmetric information; Environmental policy; Induced technical change

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INCENTIVE;

EID: 73549098900     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: 14680475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2009.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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