Consequences of carbon offset payments for the global forest sector

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 384-401

  Buongiorno, Joseph ^a   Zhu, Shushuai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon markets; Global Forest Products Model; International trade

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TIMBER;

CARBON MARKETS; CARBON STORAGE; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FOREST BIOMASS; GLOBAL FOREST PRODUCTS MODEL; LONG-TERM EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOREIGN TRADE; FOREST PRODUCTS;

EID: 84889586088     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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