Carbon market risks and rewards: Firm perceptions of CDM investment decisions in Brazil and India

Energy Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-102

  Hultman, Nathan E ^a   Pulver, Simone ^b   Guimarães, Leticia ^a   Deshmukh, Ranjit ^c   Kane, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRAYAS Health Group   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Clean development mechanism; Climate policy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; EARNINGS; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; MANAGERS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

CARBON MARKETS; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE POLICY; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; STANDARD PRACTICES;

INVESTMENTS;

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DECISION MAKING; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK PERCEPTION;

BRAZIL; INDIA;

EID: 84855742845     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2010.06.063     Document Type: Article

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