Taxes, permits and costly policy response to technological change

Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-60

  Coria, Jessica ^a,b   Hennlock, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Environmental taxes; Policy adjustment; Regulatory costs; Technology adoption; Tradable permits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855884284     PISSN: 1432847X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10018-011-0021-3     Document Type: Article

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