Regional and sub-global climate blocs: A cost-benefit analysis of bottom-up climate regimes

Climate and Trade Policy: Bottom-up Approaches Towards Global Agreement

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 16-41

  Buchner, Barbara ^a   Carraro, Carlo ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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