Market power in pollution permit markets

Energy Journal

Volumn 30, Issue SPECIAL ISSUE 2, 2009, Pages 115-142

  Montero, Juan Pablo ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research   (United States)

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EID: 77949409755     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/issn0195-6574-ej-vol30-nosi2-6     Document Type: Article

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