Environmental policy and directed technological change: Evidence from the european carbon market

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 173-191

  Calel, Raphael ^a,b   Dechezleprêtre, Antoine ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960101240     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00470     Document Type: Article

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