The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and Experience

Journal of Environment and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-180

  Aldy, Joseph E ^a   Stavins, Robert N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cap and trade; carbon pricing; carbon taxes; clean energy standards; emission reduction credits; energy subsidies; global climate change; market based instruments

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION TAX; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84868667802     PISSN: 10704965     EISSN: 15525465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1070496512442508     Document Type: Article

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