Effects of Unilateral Climate Policy on Terms of Trade, Capital Accumulation, and Welfare in aWorld Economy

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-520

  Bednar Friedl, Birgit ^a   Farmer, Karl ^a   Rainer, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Capital accumulation; Emission permits; Overlapping generations; Terms of trade; Welfare

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING;

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; EMISSION PERMITS; OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS; TERMS OF TRADES; WELFARE;

COMMERCE;

CAPITAL MARKET; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TERMS OF TRADE; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WORLD SYSTEM;

EID: 78149495289     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-010-9390-5     Document Type: Article

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