The European union's emissions trading system

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 127-152

  Vlachou, Andriana ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climate change policies; Emissions trading; Value theoretic and classbased approach

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84892430142     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bet028     Document Type: Article

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