Uncertainty markets and carbon markets: Variations on polanyian themes

New Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-254

  Lohmann, Larry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cap and trade; Carbon trading; Climate policy; Derivatives; Financial crisis; Offsets

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954630917     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903290946     Document Type: Article

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