A comparative assessment of economic-incentive and command-and-control instruments for air pollution and CO2 control in China's iron and steel sector

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-142

  Liu, Zhaoyang ^a,b   Mao, Xianqiang ^a   Tu, Jianjun ^c   Jaccard, Mark ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

China's iron and steel sector; Emission control instruments; Integrated assessment model; Local air pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; TAXATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA IRON AND STEEL SECTOR; COMMAND-AND-CONTROL INSTRUMENTS; CONTROL INSTRUMENTS; EMISSION CONTROL INSTRUMENT; EMISSIONS CONTROL; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT MODELS; IRON AND STEEL; LOCAL AIR POLLUTANT; STEEL SECTOR;

EMISSION CONTROL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INCENTIVE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION POLICY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; METALLURGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; METALLURGY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84902524208     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.05.031     Document Type: Article

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