Carbon markets: Past, present, and future

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 191-215

  Newell, Richard G ^a,b   Pizer, William A ^a,b,c,d   Raimi, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

allowance; carbon market; climate change; greenhouse gas; tradable permit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908278938     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100913-012655     Document Type: Article

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