Do bilateral trade relationships influence the distribution of CDM projects?

Climate Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 559-580

  Costantini, Valeria ^a   Sforna, Giorgia ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clean Development Mechanism; export flows; gravity model; institutional quality; Kyoto Protocol

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; EXPORT LED DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; KYOTO PROTOCOL; TRADE FLOW; TRADE RELATIONS;

EID: 84912047080     PISSN: 14693062     EISSN: 17527457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.871467     Document Type: Article

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