Financial, ecological and managerial impacts of emission trading schemes: The case of Lufthansa

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-191

  Vespermann, Jan ^a   Wittmer, Andreas ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aviation; Emissions trading; Environmental policy; External costs; Travel and transportation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION;

EID: 79951860959     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.683     Document Type: Article

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