Where in the world is it cheapest to cut carbon emissions?

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-331

  Stern, David I ^a   Pezzey, John C V ^b,c   Lambie, N Ross ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Climate change; Marginal abatement cost; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; META-ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862734864     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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