Cost containment in climate policy and incentives for technology development

Climatic Change

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-443

  Nemet, Gregory F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY BOARDS; CLIMATE POLICY; COST CONTAINMENT; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS; LOW-CARBON TECHNOLOGIES; MARKET PRICE; POLICY DEBATES; PRICE CAPS; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COSTS; GAS EMISSIONS; INNOVATION; SAFETY VALVES; TECHNOLOGY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; MITIGATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77950632352     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-009-9779-8     Document Type: Article

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