Design, Performance and Interstate Collaboration: Insights from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Regional and Federal Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 475-498

  Kretzschmar, Brendan ^a   Whitford, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

auction theory; cap and trade; climate change; greenhouse gases; RGGI

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84867592087     PISSN: 13597566     EISSN: 17439434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13597566.2012.709503     Document Type: Article

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