The strategic design of technology funds for climate cooperation: Generating joint gains

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-105

  Urpelainen, Johannes ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean technology; Climate change; Climate finance; Game theory; International cooperation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FUNDING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 83255176780     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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