Cap-and-trade: A sufficient or necessary condition for emission reduction?

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-252

  Hanemann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emission trading; Pollution control

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954335294     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grq015     Document Type: Article

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