A Good Opening: The Key to Make the Most of Unilateral Climate Action

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-276

  Bosetti, Valentina ^a   De Cian, Enrica ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Partial cooperation; Technology spillovers

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGY;

CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; LEARNING POTENTIAL; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PARTIAL COOPERATION; TECHNOLOGY SPILLOVERS; TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; INCENTIVE; LEARNING; OECD; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

EID: 84886587020     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9643-1     Document Type: Article

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