A brief but lively chapter in EU climate policy: The commission’s perspective

Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme: Rights, Rents and Fairness

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-38

  Zapfel, Peter ^a  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

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EID: 84928298643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493478.004     Document Type: Chapter

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