Effectiveness and equity implications of carbon policies in the United States construction industry

Building and Environment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 259-269

  Lu, Yujie ^a,b   Zhu, Xinyuan ^a   Cui, Qingbin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Construction industry; Duopoly model; Emission standards; Emissions; Emissions trading

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON POLICY; CARBON PRICE; CARBON TAXES; CONSTRUCTION FIRMS; COST ALLOCATION; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DUOPOLY MODELS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSION STANDARD; EMISSION STANDARDS; EMISSION TARGETS; EMISSIONS TRADING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; END CONSUMERS; FACILITY MANAGEMENT; GREEN BUILDINGS; HOUSE PRICES; HOUSING INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MARKET SHARE; MARKET STRUCTURES; MARKET-BASED MECHANISMS; MOBILE SOURCES; REGULATORY POLICIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY STANDARDS; SMALL FIRM; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION;

BUILDING CODES; CARBON; COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; DEPRECIATION; EMISSION CONTROL; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STANDARDS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION TAX; REGULATORY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054858476     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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