Spillover effects of carbon footprint labelling on less developed countries: The example of the east asia summit region

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-254

  Shi, Xunpeng ^a  

^a Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Carbon label; East Asia Summit; Less developed countries; Spillover effect

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLABELING; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84876321044     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12005     Document Type: Article

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