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How Modeling Informed the Design of the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

By Regulatory Assistance Project On October 25, 2010

This paper examines how sound analytical techniques can inform the design of emissions reduction policies, and the lessons learned from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the northeast United States.

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