Privatizing Climate Change Policy: Is there a Public Benefit?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 409-433

  Matisoff, Daniel C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon disclosure project; Chicago climate exchange; Climate change policy; Difference in differences model; Greenwash; Propensity score matching; Voluntary environmental programs

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING;

CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT; CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGES; CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES MODELS; GREENWASH; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; VOLUNTARY ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867870053     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-012-9568-0     Document Type: Article

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