Policy Uncertainty about Australia's Carbon Price: Expert Survey Results and Implications for Investment

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-409

  Jotzo, Frank ^a   Jordan, Tim ^b   Fabian, Nathan ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEUTSCHE BANK AG   (Germany)

^c Investor Group on Climate Change   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; POLLUTION TAX; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870030358     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2012.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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