Carbon dioxide abatement costs and permit price: exploring the impact of banking and the role of future commitments

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-107

  van Steenberghe, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Banking; Flexible mechanisms; Future commitments; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953882191     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03353946     Document Type: Article

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