Carbon-related border tax adjustment: Mitigating climate change or restricting international trade?

World Trade Review

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-525

  Kaufmann, Christine ^a   Weber, Rolf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85011516315     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745611000292     Document Type: Review

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