Determining the cost-effective size of an emission trading region for achieving an ambient standard

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-315

  Atkinson, Scott E ^a   Morton, Brian J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b E H Pechan and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Nitrogen oxide; Permit market size; Tradable emission permits; Trading region

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EMISSION PERMITS; EMISSION TRADING REGION;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3242685867     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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