Age assessment of interactions between climate change policy instruments and pre-existing taxes: The case of ireland

International Journal of Global Environmental Issues

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-62

  Wissema, Wiepke ^a,b   Dellink, Rob ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Applied general equilibrium; Climate change; Energy taxes; Ireland

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL TAX; POLLUTION TAX; TAX SYSTEM;

IRELAND;

EID: 80052434699     PISSN: 14666650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGENVI.2010.042091     Document Type: Article

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