Eu energy-intensive industries and emission trading: Losers becoming winners?

Environmental Policy and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 309-320

  Wettestad, Jorgen ^a  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate policy; Emission trading; Energy intensive industries; EU; Windfall profits

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PROFITABILITY;

EID: 77951704997     PISSN: 1756932X     EISSN: 17569338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eet.516     Document Type: Article

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