Using border measures to address carbon flows

Climate Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1191-1201

  Droege, Susanne ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Border carbon measures; Carbon accounting; Carbon leakage; Climate and trade; Embedded carbon

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTER PAYS PRINCIPLE; POLLUTION TAX; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 80053537540     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.592671     Document Type: Article

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