Impacts of climate policy on the competitiveness of Canadian industry: How big and how to mitigate?

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1092-1104

  Rivers, Nic ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Border tax; Climate change; Competitiveness

Indexed keywords

BORDER TAX; BORDER TAX ADJUSTMENTS; CANADIAN INDUSTRY; CLIMATE POLICY; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPETIVENESS; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; DOMESTIC CLIMATE POLICIES; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HIGH ENERGY; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; REFERENCE SCENARIOS;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

COMPETITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION;

CANADA;

EID: 77956766928     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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