Sectors Under Scrutiny: Evaluation of Indicators to Assess the Risk of Carbon Leakage in the UK and Germany

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 99-124

  Sato, Misato ^a   Neuhoff, Karsten ^b,c   Graichen, Verena ^d   Schumacher, Katja ^d   Matthes, Felix ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Oeko Institut eV Institute for Applied Ecology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon leakage; Cost exposure; Emissions leakage; Emissions trading; Trade effects

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMMERCE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GAS EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL LAW; QUALITY CONTROL;

ACTIVITY ALLOCATION; CARBON LEAKAGE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; EMISSIONS TRADING; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84943588906     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-014-9759-y     Document Type: Article

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