Public acceptability of personal carbon trading and carbon tax

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1824-1837

  Bristow, Abigail L ^a   Wardman, Mark ^b   Zanni, Alberto M ^a   Chintakayala, Phani K ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Personal carbon trading; Public acceptability; Stated preference

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODEL TEST; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 77955558515     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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