Market making via regulation: The role of the state in carbon markets

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 524-544

  Lederer, Markus ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Institutionalist approaches; Market embeddedness; Public regulation; Role of state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870784440     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2012.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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