Supply and demand structure for international offset permits under the Copenhagen Pledges

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 343-360

  Heindl, Peter ^a   Voigt, Sebastian ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

CDM; Climate policy; Emissions trading; Marginal abatement costs; Offsets

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867704858     PISSN: 15679764     EISSN: 15731553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10784-012-9171-4     Document Type: Article

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