Carbon pricing in Australia: An early view from the inside

Carbon Pricing: Early Experience and Future Prospects

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 25-48

  Besley, Daniel ^a   Downie, Christian ^a   Kennedy, Steven ^a   Writer, Simon ^a  

^a Research and Tertiary Education ^*  (Australia)

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EID: 84958117000     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782547747.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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