Scale and transfers in international emissions offset programs

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-46

  Van Benthem, Arthur ^a   Kerr, Suzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Baselines; Climate change policy; Deforestation; Offsets; Opt in programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884251534     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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