Enforcement-proof contracts with moral hazard in precaution: Ensuring 'permanence' in carbon sequestration

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 350-374

  MacKenzie, Ian A ^a   Ohndorf, Markus ^a   Palmer, Charles ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 84859028026     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpr057     Document Type: Article

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