The costs of compliance: A cge assessment of Canada's policy options under the Kyoto protocol

World Economy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-211

  Böhringer, Christoph ^a   Rutherford, Thomas F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COMPLIANCE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CANADA;

EID: 76349086680     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2009.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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