To tax, or not to tax: Preferences for climate policy attributes

Climate Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 704-721

  Brannlund, Runar ^a   Persson, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Climate policy; Policy instruments; Preferences; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886409938     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2012.675732     Document Type: Article

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