Environmental macroeconomics: Environmental policy, business cycles, and directed technical change

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 197-210

  Fischer, Carolyn ^a   Heutel, Garth ^b,c  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84886899681     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-091912-151819     Document Type: Article

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