The competitiveness impacts of climate change mitigation policies

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 565-595

  Aldy, Joseph E ^a   Pizer, William A ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap and trade; Carbon tax; Climate change; Competitiveness; Global trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961703061     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683305     Document Type: Article

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