A case study on risk and return implications of emissions trading in power generation investments

Emissions Trading: Institutional Design, Decision Making and Corporate Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 133-147

  Laurikka, Harri ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

emissions trading; Investment; power generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855742938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73653-2_9     Document Type: Chapter

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