Announcing climate policy: Can a green paradox arise without scarcity?

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-376

  Smulders, Sjak ^a   Tsur, Yacov ^b   Zemel, Amos ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbon tax; Climate policy; Green paradox

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON TAXES; CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES; CLIMATE POLICY; GREEN PARADOX; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT;

FOSSIL FUELS;

COMPLIANCE; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION TAX; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84869861899     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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