Second-best instruments for energy and climate policy

Handbook of Sustainable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 441-451

  Labandeira, Xavier ^a   Linares, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS   (Spain)

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