Africa and the clean development mechanism: What determines project investments?

World Development

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-212

  Röttgers, Dirk ^a   Grote, Ulrike ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Clean Development Mechanism; Foreign direct investment; Gravity model; Heckman; Official development assistance

Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT LOCATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 84901986090     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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