An experimental economic analysis of emissions trading with shares and coupons in the presence of market uncertainty

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-79

  Godby, Rob ^a   Mestelman, Stuart ^b   Muller, R Andrew ^b   Welland, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banking; Emissions trading; Futures trading; Market experiments; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLLUTION PERMIT; UNCERTAINITY;

EID: 0031951305     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199801/02)9:1<67::AID-ENV287>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Conference Paper

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