The Cost of Carbon: Capital Market Effects of the Proposed Emission Trading Scheme (ETS)

Abacus

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-33

  Chapple, Larelle ^a   Clarkson, Peter M ^b,c   Gold, Daniel L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost of carbon; Emissions trading scheme; Environmental liabilities; Market valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874990139     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/abac.12006     Document Type: Article

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