Institutional pressures and an evolving forest carbon market

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 351-369

  Thompson, Derek W ^a   Hansen, Eric N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest carbon offsets; Forestland; Industrial; Private; Theory of planned behavior; United States

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; FORESTRY; POLLUTION POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865160770     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1726     Document Type: Article

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