Exploring shadow prices of carbon emissions at provincial levels in China

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 407-414

  Zhang, Xingping ^a   Xu, Qiannan ^a   Zhang, Fan ^a   Guo, Zhengquan ^a   Rao, Rao ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abatement cost; Carbon dioxide emissions; Distance function; Shadow prices

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ABATEMENT COSTS; CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; OUTPUT DISTANCE FUNCTION; REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SHADOW PRICE;

ECONOMICS;

CARBON EMISSION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLLUTION TAX; SHADOW PRICING;

CHINA;

EID: 84905239019     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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