Comment on on the economics of climate policy: Is climate change mitigation the ultimate arbitrage opportunity?

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Deshpande, Manasi ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

china; climate change; developing countries; greenhouse gas emissions; international agreements; marginal utility of consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955184599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.3082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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