Environmental crises' regulations, tradable permits and the adoption of new technologies

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 455-476

  Coria, Jessica ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Emission standards; Environmental crises; Environmental policy; Interaction of policies; Technology adoption; Tradable permits

Indexed keywords

EMISSION STANDARD; ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERACTION OF POLICIES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TRADABLE PERMITS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSTRUMENTS; POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

ABATEMENT COST; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 79957584034     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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