Options on low-cost abatement and investment in the energy sector: New perspectives on REDD

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-525

  Fuss, Sabine ^a   Szolgayova, Jana ^a,b   Golub, Alexander ^c   Obersteiner, Michael ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

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EID: 80054908436     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X10000410     Document Type: Article

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