The brave new world of carbon trading

New Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-195

  Spash, Clive L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporate paper; Emissions trading; Governance; Public policy; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GREENHOUSE GAS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 77954644376     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903556049     Document Type: Article

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