The politics of carbon markets: An introduction

Environmental Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-562

  Stephan, Benjamin ^a   Paterson, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbon markets; climate change; constructivism; emissions trading; market creation; poststructuralism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY;

EID: 84863975428     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2012.688353     Document Type: Article

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