Hedging in coal contracts under the acid rain program

Land Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-570

  Lange, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION TAX; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867360721     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.88.3.561     Document Type: Article

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