Taxation of emissions of greenhouse gases

Global Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 543-560

  Baranzini, Andrea ^a   Carattini, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon tax, CO2 tax; Climate policy; Co benefits; Environmental effectiveness; Green paradox; Porter hypothesis; Revenue recycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969424891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5784-4_90     Document Type: Chapter

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