Forecasting the path of U.S. Co 2 emissions using state-level information

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 172-185

  Auffhammer, Maximilian ^a,b   Steinhauser, Ralf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84858600966     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00152     Document Type: Article

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