Carbon leakage in a fragmented climate regime: The dynamic response of global energy markets

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 90, Issue PA, 2015, Pages 192-203

  Arroyo Currás, Tabaré ^a   Bauer, Nico ^a   Kriegler, Elmar ^a   Schwanitz, Valeria Jana ^a   Luderer, Gunnar ^a   Aboumahboub, Tino ^a   Giannousakis, Anastasis ^a   Hilaire, Jérôme ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon leakage; Climate policy; Copenhagen pledges; Fossil energy markets

Indexed keywords

CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUELS; POWER MARKETS;

CARBON LEAKAGE; CLIMATE POLICY; COMBINED EFFECT; COPENHAGEN; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTIVENESS; FOSSIL ENERGY; GLOBAL ENERGY MARKET;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CAPITAL MARKET; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

CHINA; EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916933692     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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