Carbon taxes and innovation without commitment

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Golombek, Rolf ^a   Greaker, Mads ^b   Hoel, Michael ^c  

^a Frisch Centre   (Norway)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Climate policy; Endogenous technological change; R D; Time consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952008478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2473     Document Type: Article

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