US experience with emissions trading: Lessons for CO2 emissions trading

Emissions Trading for Climate Policy: US and European Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 78-95

  Denny Ellerman, A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84928269639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493485.007     Document Type: Chapter

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