Inducing Clean Technology in the Electricity Sector: Tradable Permits or Carbon Tax Policies?
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* Corresponding author. School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, and School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95348, USA. E-mail: [email protected] ** University of New South Wales, Australian School of Business, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] Inducing Clean Technology in the Electricity Sector: Tradable Permits or Carbon Tax Policies?
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