Assessing alternative solutions to carbon leakage

Energy Economics

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 299-311

  Antimiani, Alessandro ^a   Costantini, Valeria ^b   Martini, Chiara ^b   Salvatici, Luca ^b   Tommasino, Maria Cristina ^c  

^a INEA Italian Research Institute for Agricultural Economics   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon border tax; Carbon leakage; GTAP E model

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON LEAKAGE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; DOMESTIC MARKETS; MARKET SHARE; POLICY MEASURES; POLICY OPTIONS; TRADE POLICIES;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; COMPETITIVENESS; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION TAX;

EID: 84874330188     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2012.08.042     Document Type: Article

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