The currencies of carbon: Carbon money and its social meaning

Environmental Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 604-620

  Descheneau, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbon currencies; carbon markets; markets devices; sociology of money

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TRADING; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET SYSTEM;

EID: 84863950605     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.688356     Document Type: Article

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