Markets for pollution allowances: What are the (new) lessons?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-102

  Goulder, Lawrence H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84874627922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.27.1.87     Document Type: Article

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