Auction Design for the Allocation of Emission Permits in the Presence of Market Power

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-400

  Sunnevåg, Kjell J ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

Author keywords

Auctions; Imperfect competition; Multi item auctions; Oligopoly; Strategic interaction; Tradable emission permits

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING;

BID AUCTIONS; PERMITS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMISSIONS TRADING; MARKET CONDITIONS; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 0345015853     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EARE.0000003583.49609.c7     Document Type: Article

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