Energy Prices, Subsidies and Resource Tax Reform in China

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 439-454

  Zhang, Zhongxiang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Differentiated tariffs; Energy prices; Resource taxes; Subsidies; Tiered prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011352407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20502680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app5.46     Document Type: Article

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