RIS ID
73531
Abstract
In most cases the use of market mechanisms to protect the environment aim to maximise economic efficiency rather than environmental effectiveness or equity. The use of emissions trading to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is used as a case study to demonstrate this.
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Publication Details
Beder, S, Market mechanisms, ecological sustainability and social equity, Markets & the public interest - towards a new economic vision, Search Foundation 3rd Roundtable, Sydney, 21 September 2008. Original conference information available here