To trade or not to trade: Firm-level analysis of emissions trading in Santiago, Chile

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2126-2133

  Coria, Jessica ^a,b   Löfgren, Åsa ^a   Sterner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environmental institutions; Environmental policy; Tradable permits

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; EMISSIONS TRADING; EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL INSTITUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; TRADABLE PERMITS; TRANSITION ECONOMY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; OECD; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BOILER; CHILE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERVIEW; MARKETING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

EID: 77955509982     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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