Efficiency of policy instruments for CCS deployment

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-254

  Finon, Dominique ^a  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

Author keywords

CCS; low carbon innovation; market failure; policy instrument; subsidy

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EID: 84860756007     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.605702     Document Type: Article

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