First-and second-best allocations under economic and environmental uncertainty

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 360-380

  Angelopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Economides, George ^b   Philippopoulos, Apostolis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental policy; General equilibrium; Second best; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877614122     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: 15736970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10797-012-9234-z     Document Type: Article

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