Innovation under cap-and-trade programs

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 4804-4809

  Taylor, Margaret R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean technology; Climate change; Emissions trading; Invention; Technological change

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; FUNDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; OZONE; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859464623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113462109     Document Type: Article

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