The Clean Development Mechanism and its Controversies

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been proposed as a means of reducing the costs of abating greenhouse gasses, and for assisting developing countries. Although the CDM offers apparent environmental benefits, in addition to benefiting both investors and developing country hosts, it has generated considerable controversy. We review and evaluate the arguments surrounding the CD1\11 and we provide new empirical evidence concerning its potential benefits.

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Year of publication:	2000-01-01
Authors:	Karp, Larry ; Liu, Xuemei
Institutions:	Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Berkeley
Subject:	abatement cost \| air pollution \| environmental aspects \| greenhouse effect

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCB
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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