Leveraging private capital for climate mitigation: Evidence from the Clean Development Mechanism

Ecological Economics

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-24

  Bayer, Patrick ^a   Marcoux, Christopher ^b   Urpelainen, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism; Climate mitigation; Private investment; Unilateral versus bilateral project implementation

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROJECT DESIGN;

EID: 84885203304     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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