Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for UK Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-118

  Moran, Dominic ^a   Macleod, Michael ^a   Wall, Eileen ^a   Eory, Vera ^a   McVittie, Alistair ^a   Barnes, Andrew ^a   Rees, Robert ^a   Topp, Cairistiona F E ^a   Moxey, Andrew ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Pareto Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Marginal abatement costs

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78751699661     PISSN: 0021857X     EISSN: 14779552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-9552.2010.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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