Buy coal! A case for supply-side environmental policy

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-115

  Harstad, Bård ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84859783663     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665405     Document Type: Article

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